Problem with createImage() in Java Application

I am trying to convert a Java Applet to a Java Application. In the Applet there is the following...

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Image offscreenImg;
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offscreenImg = createImage(124, 180);
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Now this works perfectly and the Applet runs the way it should.

In the Java Application I am doing this....

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Image offscreenImg;
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offscreenImg = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(124, 180);
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I use the Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit() because I think this is what I have to do but when I compile the Application I get the following error:

error J0078: Class 'Toolkit' doesn't have a method that matches 'createImage(int, int)'

So, I looked up createImage on the Net and the information there said that createImage is a method of Toolkit. When I scaned all the methods I only found the following:

createImage(byte[] imagedata)
createImage(String filename)
createImage(URL url)
createImage(byte[] imagedata, int imageoffset, int imagelength)
createImage(ImageProducer producer)

So I see there is no method createImage(int, int).

So, my question is why does it compile and run OK in the Applet but it won't compile in the Application? Why does the Applet have createImage(int, int) but it does not exist in the Toolkit for the Application?

Here is the link for the information:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/...t/Toolkit.html

Because the "createImage(int, int)" you're calling is in the java.awt.Component class which is the super class for the Applet class.

That's the way I had it to begin with. It compiles error free but when run the app offscreenImg comes out null.

You're missing the main point. the createImage(int, int) is not a member of the Toolkit class.

I originally had it as a member of Components but it didn't work so I thought it might be a member of Toolkit instead so I changed it in my code but then I got error

error J0078: Class 'Toolkit' doesn't have a method that matches 'createImage(int, int)'

then you said

Because the "createImage(int, int)" you're calling is in the java.awt.Component class which is the super class for the Applet class

and then I said

That's the way I had it to begin with. It compiles error free but when run the app offscreenImg comes out null.

so what point am I missing?