Images in a JAR

[Andrew Honma]

I am using images as textures in a small program I'm playing with.

When I create a the JAR file, I include the images (I am using Eclipse, and have the image files check-marked).

However, running the JAR fails to load those images.

The images load just fine when the program is run within the Eclipse IDE.

I am using images with java 3D, for example:

TextureLoader loader = new TextureLoader("image_name.xxx",this);

The images are currently saved under the Project_Name directory:

Project_Name
|
|_src (folder)
|image_name.xxx

However, moving the images around and changing the path will continue to allow it to work in the Eclipse IDE but not when exported to a JAR.

Please let me know if any more info needs to be supplied to help with this.

Thanks.
[ July 19, 2008: Message edited by: Drew ]

[marc weber]

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[Norm Radder]

If the images are in the jar file and NOT on disk, you need to access them using classes/methods that know how to look in a jar file. I don't know about the TextureLoader class.
You can use the getResourceAsStream() method to read the image.
Check the constructors for TextureLoader to see if it can get its input from another source.