[zaphod2003]

I am trying to use import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.ImageLoader to import an animated gif file.

The command given to me is this:

import org.eclipse.swt.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.*;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.*;

public class Snippet141 {
	static Display display;
	static Shell shell;
	static GC shellGC;
	static Color shellBackground;
	static ImageLoader loader;
	static ImageData[] imageDataArray;
	static Thread animateThread;
	static Image image;
	static final boolean useGIFBackground = false;
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		display = new Display();
		shell = new Shell(display);
		shell.setSize(300, 300);
		shell.open();
		shellGC = new GC(shell);
		shellBackground = shell.getBackground();

		FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(shell);
		dialog.setFilterExtensions(new String[] {"*.gif"});
		String fileName = dialog.open();
		if (fileName != null) {
			loader = new ImageLoader();
			try {
				imageDataArray = loader.load(fileName);

Which is fine if I want to use a file dialog to find the file, but what if I don't. How I specify the file itself. I have tried putting the class in the same folder as the icons but nothing seems to work. it keeps giving me a file not found error.

Say for example I had the images located underneath this class in a sub folder called "gif", how would I tell this class to go an look in there for it?

The loader.load(fileName) only accepts a string which as far as I can work out must point directly to where the file is including the full path name (unless I'm completely wrong here).

Any help appreciated.