Background image not loading?

[sim18]

Hi guys so I'm having some trouble with the paint method, could anybody help?

class MyDrawingPanel extends JPanel {
    public MyDrawingPanel(Template parentRef)
    {
        this.parentRef=parentRef;
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
        setBackground(Color.WHITE);
    }
    
    public void paint(Graphics g)
    {
        super.paint(g);
    }
}

So that is my drawing panel, and here is where it is giving me the error :

class MyUIPanel extends JPanel {
    Template parentRef;
    JButton b1=new JButton("Click Me");
    BufferedImage backgroundImage;
    public MyUIPanel(AssignmentTemplate parentRef)
    {
        this.parentRef=parentRef;
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,600));
        setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        setLayout(null);
        add(b1);
        b1.setBounds(20,20,100,30);
    }
    
          public void drawBackground(Graphics g)
	{
	    try {
	    backgroundImage = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Temp\\PEGBackground.png"));
	    } catch (IOException ex) {
			System.out.println("Cannot find image!");
		}

	    g.[COLOR="#FF0000"]drawImage[/COLOR](backgroundImage);
    }
}

No suitable method found for drawImage - that is the error.

Can anybody help me? Am I doing the paint method correct?
I have looked online and read about it but can't seem to do anymore, thank you

[eRaaaa]

Take a look at Graphics (Java Platform SE 6).
The draweImage method requires at least a x and y value and an ImageObserver (could be null)!
The sense of your overrided paint method is not clear to me - is something missing here? And in swing applications usually we override the paintComponent method instead of the paint method!

[sim18]

Thank you I will have a look at that and get back to you :)

[sim18]

I have read up on it, I am getting no errors but am confused as to why the image does not appear on the screen :

class MyDrawingPanel extends JPanel {
    Template parentRef;
    private BufferedImage image;
    public MyDrawingPanel(Template parentRef)
    {
        this.parentRef=parentRef;
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
        setBackground(Color.WHITE);
    }
    
    public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
    }
}

class MyUIPanel extends JPanel {
    AssignmentTemplate parentRef;
    JButton b1=new JButton("Click Me");
    private BufferedImage image;
    public MyUIPanel(AssignmentTemplate parentRef)
    {
        this.parentRef=parentRef;
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300,600));
        setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        setLayout(null);
        add(b1);
        b1.setBounds(20,20,100,30);
    }
    
    public MyUIPanel(){
        try{
            image = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Temp\\PEGBackground.PNG"));
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            System.out.println("No such file");
        }
    }

What I am trying to do, is from the class MyUIPanel, it will get my background image. How do I then get MyDrawingPanel class to draw that image onto the screen?
I have put g.drawImage image, which is what I called it in MyUIPanel. Do I need to call the paint component method in MyUIPanel ??

thank you