images and jar file craziness

I've got an app that uses images that will be used with a
JToggleButton.  I started out with
Icon myIcon = new ImageIcon("images\\myImage.jpg");


Now I want to wrap all of it up in an executable jar file.  I've done
a ton of research, visited and revisited Roedy's site, and nothing
I've tried seems to work.

I've tried using the Toolkit, URL's, etc..  The jar will run, but it
will only read the images from hard drive, not from within the jar
file.  So if I move the jar file, I get no images.

I've also tried
getClass().getResource() and the jar file won't even open

BTW, the class that needs the Icon's is a subclass of JPanel.

Any other ideas?

TIA