[java] using graphics

Ok well if the books you''ve read says that you can only use graphics in applets, well you misread

The thing with applets is that you create a size in your webpage and that is your canvas to load/manipulate images, text, etc..

A standalone application you would need a few things.

class MyCanvas extends canvas
{
Toolkit t1;
MediaTracker mt;
Image background;

public void init()
{
t1 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
mt = new MediaTracker(this);
image = t1.getImage("bkground.jpg");
mt.addImage(image, 0);

try
{
mt.waitForAll();
{
catch (InterruptedException e) {};

repaint();
}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
}

}

Now you''d need another class to extend Frame and you''d have to add a main() to load up the app and add the MyCanvas in it.

The mediatracker is basically to preload the images into memory before you display them.

Well good luck with the rest,
Smoo