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C# run application after publish

Asked by: 154115

I get the following error when I try to run a published C# project. I know that the problem occurs because the program cannot find the images used in the project. If I copy the images to the specified location, then the program starts and no error occurs. The users of my program should just be able to install the program and not worry about copying images. Why are the images not copied along with the installation although the images is in the folder I install from?

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    Image error when I try to run C# application after publish.

    Image error when I try to run C# application after publish.

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2009-10-06 at 06:09:51ID24788659
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Answers

 

by: strickddPosted on 2009-10-06 at 06:20:48ID: 25504651

I believe you have to add the images as a resource to the project so they publish with it.

 

by: 154115Posted on 2009-10-06 at 07:22:56ID: 25505344

I don't think thats the problem. I have added the images to the resources. The problem only occours with the images I try to load in code (see code example).

I think it's because I try to open the images from the harddisk. Maybe I should be opening them from the resources? I that case, how can I do that?

class ImageManagement
{
    private Image readHarddiskImage(string pathToImage)
    {
        //Generate image stream from imagesource
        Stream imageStream = File.Open(pathToImage, FileMode.Open);
        //Generate image from stream
        Image temp = Image.FromStream(imageStream);
        //Close the stream to avoid using resources
        imageStream.Close();
        //Return harddisk image
        return temp;
    }
 
    public Image loadImageFromHarddisk(string pathToImage)
    {
        return readHarddiskImage(pathToImage);
    }
}

                                              
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by: 154115Posted on 2009-10-06 at 08:38:02ID: 25506260

From the other class I assign the image to the picturebox by creating an object like this:

myPicturebox.Image = new ImageManagement().loadImageFromHarddisk(@"images\circle_1_disabled.jpg");

 

by: 154115Posted on 2009-10-06 at 08:38:34ID: 25506267

If that helps you in any way?

 

by: 154115Posted on 2009-10-06 at 10:49:48ID: 25507734

I found out myself. I loaded the images from resources like this:

Image temp = Properties.Resources.[imagetoload];

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