title: Trouble Figuring Out How To Set Background Image
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1466240/how-to-set-an-image-as-a-background-for-frame-in-swing-gui-of-java">How to set an image as a background for Frame in Swing GUI of java?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>I'm having trouble figuring out how to set a background image on my window.  I'm not sure whats wrong with my code.  The image is called Background.jpg<br>
  Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong with my code and how it can be fixed</p>
  
  <pre><code>//apples code  
  
  import javax.swing.JFrame;
  import java.applet.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.*;
  import java.awt.Graphics;
  import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.util.logging.Level;
  import java.util.logging.Logger;
  import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
  import javax.swing.JPanel;
  import java.awt.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  
  class  Apples{
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    gui go = new gui();
    go.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    go.setSize(200,290);
    go.setVisible(true);
  
  
  
   }
  }
  
  
  
   //Gui Code
  
      import java.awt.FlowLayout;
  import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
  import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.Color;
  import java.awt.Font;
  import javax.swing.JFrame;
  import javax.swing.JTextArea;
  
  public class gui extends JFrame{
       private JButton A;
       private JButton B;
       private JButton C;
       private JButton D;
       private JButton E;
       private JButton F;
       private JButton G;
       private JButton H;
       private JButton I;
       private JButton J;
       private JButton K;
       private JButton L;
       private JButton M;
       private JButton N;
       private JButton O;
       private JButton P;
       private JButton Q;
       private JButton R;
       private JButton S;
       private JButton T;
       private JButton U;
       private JButton V;
       private JButton W;
       private JButton X;
       private JButton Y;
       private JButton Z;
  
       public gui(){
          super("APUSH ABCs");
          setLayout(new FlowLayout());
  
          A = new JButton("A");
          add(A);
          B = new JButton("B");
          add(B);
          C = new JButton("C");
          add(C);
          D = new JButton("D");
          add(D);
          E = new JButton("E");
          add(E);
          F = new JButton("F");
          add(F);
          G = new JButton("G");
          add(G);
          H = new JButton("H");
          add(H);
          I = new JButton("I");
          add(I);
          J = new JButton("J");
          add(J);
          K = new JButton("K");
          add(K);
          L = new JButton("L");
          add(L);
          M = new JButton("M");
          add(M);
          N = new JButton("N");
          add(N);
          O = new JButton("O");
          add(O);
          P = new JButton("P");
          add(P);
          Q = new JButton("Q");
          add(Q);
          R = new JButton("R");
          add(R);
          S = new JButton("S");
          add(S);
          T = new JButton("T");
          add(T);
          U = new JButton("U");
          add(U);
          V = new JButton("V");
          add(V);
          W = new JButton("W");
          add(W);
          X = new JButton("X");
          add(X);
          Y = new JButton("Y");
          add(Y);
          Z = new JButton("Z");
          add(Z);
  
          HandlerClass handler = new HandlerClass();
          A.addActionListener(handler);
          B.addActionListener(handler);
          C.addActionListener(handler);
          D.addActionListener(handler);
          E.addActionListener(handler);
          F.addActionListener(handler);
          G.addActionListener(handler);
          H.addActionListener(handler);
          I.addActionListener(handler);
          J.addActionListener(handler);
          K.addActionListener(handler);
          L.addActionListener(handler);
          M.addActionListener(handler);
          N.addActionListener(handler);
          O.addActionListener(handler);
          P.addActionListener(handler);
          Q.addActionListener(handler);
          R.addActionListener(handler);
          S.addActionListener(handler);
          T.addActionListener(handler);
          U.addActionListener(handler);
          V.addActionListener(handler);
          W.addActionListener(handler);
          X.addActionListener(handler);
          Y.addActionListener(handler);
          Z.addActionListener(handler);
      }
        private class HandlerClass implements ActionListener{
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
  
       Object button = event.getSource();
  
       if(button == A){
  String text = "asaasas ";
    JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(text);
  
    textArea.setColumns(30);
    textArea.setLineWrap( true );
    textArea.setWrapStyleWord( true );
    textArea.setSize(textArea.getPreferredSize().width, 1);
  Font font = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12);
  textArea.setFont(font);
  textArea.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
     null, textArea, "Appomattox Court House", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
  
       }else if(button == B){
       String text = "Duriing the last days of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and city of Petersburg, hoping to escape with the remnants of his Army of Northern Virginia to meet up with additional Confederate forces in North Carolina and resume fighting. Union Forces cut him off and finally the Continental army had to surrender. The Appomattox Courthouse is the locaiton where General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army on April 9, 1865, ending the American Civil War. ";
    JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(text);
  
    textArea.setColumns(30);
    textArea.setLineWrap( true );
    textArea.setWrapStyleWord( true );
    textArea.setSize(textArea.getPreferredSize().width, 1);
  Font font = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12);
  textArea.setFont(font);
  textArea.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
     null, textArea, "Appomattox Court House", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
       } else if(button == C){
  
  String text = "Duriing the last days of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee had abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond and city of Petersburg, hoping to escape with the remnants of his Army of Northern Virginia to meet up with additional Confederate forces in North Carolina and resume fighting. Union Forces cut him off and finally the Continental army had to surrender. The Appomattox Courthouse is the locaiton where General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered his approximately 28,000 troops to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army on April 9, 1865, ending the American Civil War. ";
    JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(text);
  
    textArea.setColumns(30);
    textArea.setLineWrap( true );
    textArea.setWrapStyleWord( true );
    textArea.setSize(textArea.getPreferredSize().width, 1);
  Font font = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12);
  textArea.setFont(font);
  textArea.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(
     null, textArea, "Appomattox Court House", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);     
         }
  
        }
  }
  </code></pre>