//This code fragment shows how to convert a windows path into a //multi platform path. { String path1; String path2; String finalPath; String typicalPath; typicalpath = "images\cat.bmp"; //A typical path you would get //from your file. StringTokenizer aStringTokenizer = new StringTokenizer(path, "\"); path1=aStringTokenizer.nextToken(); path2=aStringTokenizer.nextToken(); finalPath = path1+File.pathSeparator + path2; }