UTFDataFormatException

[Joseph Tulowiecki]

(J2Me)
I'm trying to draw a background image in the gamecanvas to use as a background. It's a pacman game. The background I created in GIMP with in .png format. When I try to load the image I get this...

java.io.UTFDataFormatException: malformed input around byte 25

Code is as follows.

try{
backgroundImg = Image.createImage("/PacmanBackground.png");
}
catch (IOException e) {}

g.drawImage(backgroundImg, 0, 0, Graphics.TOP | Graphics.LEFT);

I'm very new I didn't know whether to put this in game section or beginners java section :O Any advice appreciated, thanks.

[Stephan van Hulst]

Hi Joseph. Can you please post an SSCCE that demonstrates your problem?

[Joseph Tulowiecki]

Hi I read your reply. Sorry about that. Next time I will remember to do that. However in this situation I have been playing around with it a little and I've come to the conclusion its not the code because I tried another .png image with the same code and it loaded fine. So the problem is obviously with the image. I tried opening it in paint and renaming it but still getting the same problem. It was originally created in paint. Anyone have any ideas?

[Joseph Tulowiecki]

Correction to previous reply. "It was originally created in paint." <-- Is suppose to be "It was was originally created in GIMP" ;]

[Stephan van Hulst]

I could have a look if you posted the particular image and an SSCCE.