This tip will allow you to show a image in a applet. Either rename the gif "test" or change the name in the code.

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import java.net.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class show_image extends java.applet.Applet
{
Image new_image = null;

public void init()
{
// loads the image
new_image = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"test.gif");
> }

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
// paints the image
g.drawImage(new_image,0,0,this);
}
}