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Knute Johnson wrote:
> djubre@myway.com wrote:
> > Is there a way I can use a Graphics2D instance of a JComponent, and
> > "display" it into another JComponent?
> > To clarify, I have a JPanel with a lot of staff drawn onto its
> > Graphics2D instance. I don't have the access to it's
> > paintComponents(Graphics g) method. I want to use it as a picture
> > (image, whatever) and display it as a content of another JPanel.
> > What I need is to obtain Graphics instance with panel's gtGraphics(),
> > and underlay it to another JPanel.
> >
>
> That is not how it works.  The component's Graphics is used to draw on
> it.  Why don't you just put the JPanel with the drawing on it where you
> want it to show up?

Alternatively, if you want it to appear in two or more places, render
it to a BufferedImage, and render that BufferedImage to all places
needed.
You could also use a ImageIcon and JLabel to render the image for you!

Hope this helps.
Daniel.

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