createImage(int,int) in places other than applets

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From: Anthony Baraff
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:00

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I'm writing a game in Java and I wanted to carry out double buffering for
the animation in the game.  I have used createImage while working with
applets it always worked just fine.  The same method exists for the
java.swing components.  I'm trying to use a JPanel as the backdrop for the
animation.  I can call the createImage successfully but it always returns a
null reference. So when I attempt to get a graphics object from the Image
the program fails.  I create the Image in the constructor of the JPanel that
I am extending.  Does anyone know what to do?  Is this a bug in the API or
am I doing something wrong.  I get no exception from the createImage() call.
It just always creates a null reference.  Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Anthony Baraff

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From: "Anthony Baraff" <Anthony@chelsea-tech.com>
Subject: createImage(int,int) in places other than applets
Date: 1999/12/11
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