title: How to set Icon to a JLabel from an image from a folder?
body: <p>I am trying to set an icon to a JLabel from a folder of images whenever an item is selected from a JComboBox. The name of items in the JComboBox and name of the images in the folder are same. So whenever an item is selected from the JComboBox, the corresponding image with the same name should be set as an icon to the JLabel. I am trying to do something like this.</p>
  
  <pre><code>private void cmb_movieselectPopupMenuWillBecomeInvisible(javax.swing.event.PopupMenuEvent evt){                                                             
          updateLabel(cmb_moviename.getSelectedItem().toString());
  }
  
  
  
  
  
  protected void updateLabel(String name) {
          ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("C:\\Users\\xerof_000\\Pictures\\tmspictures\\" + name + ".jpg");
          if(icon != null){
              Image img = icon.getImage(); 
              Image newimg = img.getScaledInstance(lbl_pic.getWidth(), lbl_pic.getHeight(),  java.awt.Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
              icon = new ImageIcon(newimg);
              lbl_pic.setIcon(icon);
              lbl_pic.setText(null);
          }
          else{
              lbl_pic.setText("Image not found");
              lbl_pic.setIcon(null);
          }
      }
  
  
  
  
  
  protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
          URL imgURL;
          imgURL = NowShowing.class.getResource(path);
          if (imgURL != null) {
              return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
          } else {
              return null;
          }
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I thought the problem is in "C:\Users\xerof_000\Pictures\tmspictures\" I tried using "C:/Users/xerof_000/Pictures/tmspictures/" but even that did not work. And whatever I do it only shows "Image not found" on the JLabel.</p>