Object locations via grid coordinates HELP.

[deadman_uk]

Hi all, I am new here and I use BlueJ as my complier. I am completely new to java and I have ran into a problem. I need to make a program but I am stuck at the very first step (the interface).

I have made my interface with JframeBuilder and it has 10 objects. I have told the program ROUGHLY where I want the objects to go via grid coordinates. All is fine until I try and set the form background to a jpg image. The program ignores the grid coordinates and sets all objects to the top of the form.

I can get around this by using the north, east, south, west, center method but that doesn't give me the flexibility I want. I would like to set the object location via grid coordinates like JframeBuilder has done.

My Program

The link to my program is above. I would really appreciate it if someone could take a quick look and tell me why the program ignores the grid coordinates I have made when I set the form background to a jpg.

Thanks all

[hardwired]

Set the layout manager of the JPanel to null for absolute positioning:

panel = new JPanel(null)

[deadman_uk]

Set the layout manager of the JPanel to null for absolute positioning:

panel = new JPanel(null)

Wow it works!!! thanks so much. If I run into any problems in the future, can I rely on you hardwired?

[hardwired]

I'll do what I can.

[deadman_uk]

I'll do what I can.

Thanks I can handle the interface from here, the next step is the code but if I run into any problems, I will post back here.

Thanks :)