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I recently started learning java and am trying to make a simple GUI program that takes in a location of an image and then displays the it.

What would be the best way to do this??

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haha i saw that tuturial using google earlier today. However i didnt really understand how the code it gives you works (yes i read the descriptions)

To load an image (which is the part i dont quite get) it gives you the following code:

try {
URL url = new URL(getCodeBase(), "strawberry.jpg");
img = ImageIO.read(url);
} catch (IOException e) {
}

if the folder the image is in is (C:\Users\General Use\Pictures) and the name of the file is "0118080951" where do these things go in the above code? i thought the C:\Users\General Use\Pictures would go in the URL place but i tried that and it didnt work

Edited by happygeek because: fixed formatting
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URLs, unless what I've grown up knowing and loving is no longer sacred, point to resources on the interwebzzzz

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img = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Users\\General Use\\Pictures\\0118080951"));

should work fine.

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never mind i figured out my problem... forgot the .jpg at the end of the file name.

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