Draw text over background image using JLabel and JFrame

[vytska]

Hello, could anyone help me to finish this simple program? I need to make the program draw the lable over the background but i cant achieve this. I'm totaly new to java...thx in advance.
Here's my code so far:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

/**
*
* @author Aidas
*/
public class Langas extends JFrame {

JScrollPane scrollPane;
ImageIcon icon;
JLabel label;


public Langas(){

icon = new ImageIcon("logo.jpg");

JPanel panel= new JPanel()
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{

g.drawImage(icon.getImage(), 0, 0, null);
super.setOpaque(false);
super.paintComponent(g);
}
};

panel.setOpaque(false);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane( panel );
getContentPane().add( scrollPane );


}


/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
JLabel label = new JLabel("Microsoft Office 2003 SP3");
Langas frame = new Langas();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS E);
frame.getContentPane().add(label);
frame.setSize(640, 480);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame.setBackground(Color.red);
frame.setVisible(true);


// TODO code application logic here
}

[Norm]

i cant achieve this.

please explain your problem in more detail.

[vytska]

I want to draw text over the background image. For now i only made the program to draw background, but if i add label the background dissapears... it doesnt draw on it.
For now its like in picture number 2, or like in 1 if i add label. I want it to be like in picture 3

[Norm]

How are you drawing the image and then the text over it?
Do you do both in the same paintComponent method or how?
Please post your code showing how the two are being drawn.

[vytska]

Well that's what i'm trying to achieve... if i would know i wouldnt ask. I havent managed to draw them both. So that's what i'm asking :)

[JosAH]

Well that's what i'm trying to achieve... if i would know i wouldnt ask. I havent managed to draw them both. So that's what i'm asking :)

After you've drawn the image on the Graphics, why don't you call the drawString( ... ) method on that same Graphics object with the desired text?(i.e. don't use any JLabel object at all).

kind regards,

Jos

[vytska]

That's my homework, i have to use JLabel and JFrame

[Norm]

Please post your code showing how the two are being drawn.

How complicated can your code be? Do you know how to create a BufferedImage?
If so, create one, draw the image on it and then draw the string over the top and then pass that image to the label to be shown.

[vytska]

Please post your code showing how the two are being drawn.

How complicated can your code be? Do you know how to create a BufferedImage?
If so, create one, draw the image on it and then draw the string over the top and then pass that image to the label to be shown.

Could you please give me some examples?:)

[Norm]

Please post your code showing how the two are being drawn.

[vytska]

Please post your code showing how the two are being drawn.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

/**
*
* @author Aidas
*/
public class Langas extends JFrame {

JScrollPane scrollPane;
ImageIcon icon;
JLabel label;


public Langas(){

icon = new ImageIcon("logo.jpg");

JPanel panel= new JPanel()
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{

g.drawImage(icon.getImage(), 0, 0, null);
super.setOpaque(false);
super.paintComponent(g);
}
};

panel.setOpaque(false);
scrollPane = new JScrollPane( panel );
getContentPane().add( scrollPane );


}


/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
JLabel label = new JLabel("Microsoft Office 2003 SP3");
Langas frame = new Langas();

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS E);
frame.getContentPane().add(label);
frame.setSize(640, 480);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame.setBackground(Color.red);
frame.setVisible(true);


// TODO code application logic here
}

This is my code so far...

[Norm]

I guess I'm confused about what you are trying to do.

Where is the drawString method being called? That's what you want, to draw a String of text over an image?

Looking at the comments in your code I have no idea what you want it to do.

[vytska]

I guess I'm confused about what you are trying to do.

Where is the drawString method being called? That's what you want, to draw a String of text over an image?

Looking at the comments in your code I have no idea what you want it to do.

This code is only drawing the picture, i dont know how to draw a string over it...

[Norm]

You use the drawImage method and it works ok?
Add a call to the drawSting method after the drawImage method call