Dynamically adding and loading images from resources in C #

Question

I have some images added to my solution, right now it is under the images \ flowers \ rose.png folders inside the solution browser. I want to dynamically load this image into my image control.

My current approach is to make the content type and use the copy always properties. Then I would give a relative path to the image as shown below.

Image2.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("/images/flowers/Customswipe_b.png", UriKind.Relative)); 

Is there a way to download it from a resource without copying it to the target system.

Answer 1

The following works great for me:

 image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("pack://application:,,,/YourAssemblyName;component/Resources/someimage.png", UriKind.Absolute)); 

You must also change the Build Action your image from None to Resource .

Answer 2

You can open the resource editor (solution explorer, click on Resource.resx) and add the image there. Then you can simply access it as a Bitmap using Properties.Resources.ImageId

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3bka19x4(v=vs.100).aspx

Answer 3

You use this:

  Image2.Source = new Bitmap( System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly(). GetManifestResourceStream("MyProject.Resources.myimage.png")); 

Or

 Image2.Source = new Bitmap(WindowsFormsApplication1.Properties.Resources.myimage); 

I recommend the second option.

Answer 4

How you add an image and then change its Create action to Resources also does the job. But since you asked to add and load from the Resource wold a different approach to achieve the same task. I would like to provide you with a link to read some msdn articles.

Adding and Editing Resources (Visual C #)

Answer 5

I am having some problems finding the exact syntax for the URI, so see below for more details:

If your image ( myImage.png ) is in a subfolder of "images" (from the root directory), the exact syntax is:

 image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/images/myImage.png", UriKind.Absolute)); 

If your image is located in a subfolder of images/icon/ (from the root directory), the syntax is:

 image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/images/icon/myImage.png", UriKind.Absolute)); 

• Note that the "pack://application:,,, does not change.
• Be sure to set Build Action to Resources.

For more information: see here .