This is harder than it looks!!

[darkprophet]

so ive got this working right on the absolute path, how would I go about making a relative path, cause "./data/nehe.png" doesn't work, neither does "data/nehe.png"??  :?:

[CaptainJester]

Find out where your class file is ending up.  I don't know how NetBeans works.  Does it place the class file in the same directory as the source?  Does it put it in it's own directory, ie classes/NeHexx or bin/NeHexx.  Are you using the package declaration or is it in the default package?  Here is a scenario:

NeHe06.java is in package NeHe06 so it will be in directory - c:\Java\src\NeHe06.  When you compile, the class file is in c:\Java\classes\NeHe06.  In this case, the texture needs to be in c:\Java\classes\data.  Then the absolute path works.  Even if you are using the default package or a package that is 6 deep, the texture would still be in the same spot.

[Javapunk]

What I did is find my current path.
File f = new File("");
System.out.println(f.getAbsolutePath());
Figure out were the image is in relation to the above.
I think I ended up using loadImage("bin/data/nehe.png")

[darkprophet]

hey guys/dolls/gents/ladies, i just got eclipse, and I switched over..and to be honest, I am v. impressed...VERY!

so how would I go about doing a relative path in eclipse if I am not using any package names?

[CaptainJester]

Put the data directory directly in the same directory as your java source file.  This is also where the class file will end up by default.

[darkprophet]

thx alot dudes, much appreciated.