Hi all Can any one tell me why I am getting the following exceptions for the file I have attached. Thanks Sandhya Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:138) at sim.app.myModelApr01.MyNetworkGUI.setupPortrayals (MyNetworkGUI.java:66) at sim.app.myModelApr01.MyNetworkGUI.start(MyNetworkGUI.java:54) at sim.display.Console.startSimulation(Console.java:1248) at sim.display.Console.pressPlay(Console.java:2020) at sim.display.Console$1.actionPerformed(Console.java:246) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed (AbstractButton.java:1995) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed (AbstractButton.java:2318) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed (DefaultButtonModel.java:387) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed (DefaultButtonModel.java:242) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased (BasicButtonListener.java:236) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6038) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3260) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5803) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4410) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent (Container.java:4322) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent (Container.java:3986) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent (Container.java:3916) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2429) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters (EventDispatchThread.java:273) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter (EventDispatchThread.java:183) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy (EventDispatchThread.java:173) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (EventDispatchThread.java:168) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents (EventDispatchThread.java:160) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121) BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 7 seconds)