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Hi John.  I have one small question with this I'm hoping you can help me out
with (or anyone else for that matter :>).

In the JFrame object, there is a getGraphics() method.  How come I can't use
that to get a Graphics object and use the drawImage() from there?  I thought
it would be ok, but that's where all my probs started from.  In other words,
why do I have to code up a paintComponent() to get a Graphics object to use
the drawImage(), when there is one readily available from the
JFrame.getGraphics()?

I know, I know, it's a newbie question, but I'm learning! :>  Thanks.




"John McGrath [TeamB]" <ng-b@JPMcGrath.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:00:07 -0400, PeterH wrote:
>
> > I thought I could just use a drawImage() method, but I can't
> > seem to get it to work.  I can get it to work if I use an Icon
> > and a JLabel, but I was hoping to avoid using a JLabel for an
> > image.
> >
> > Can I draw an image to a container?  Thanks.
>
> Yes, you can draw an image on any Swing component.  Just override the
> paintComponent() method and draw it.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> John McGrath [TeamB]
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