private class thePane extends JPanel<br> {<br>
public void thePane()<br> {<br> }<br> public void
paintComponent(Graphics g)<br> {<br>Image image  =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("/dir/imagename.jpg-or-gif");<br>g.drawImag\
e(image,0,0,Iwidth,Iheight,this);