How do I load a resource from within my app

Here's what you have to do:

1) Make sure the property "Build Action" is set to "Embedded Resource" for your image file(s). You can see this property by selecting the file in VS and looking at the properties.

2)  To load the file as a resource:

Dim AssyName As String = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetName.Name
DIm bmp as New Bitmap = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(AssyName & ".Report.bmp")

upimage.Image = bmp

The syntax for the filename in the GetManifestResourceStream method is <assemblyName>.File.extension

Jeff

this sugestion does not seem to work ,problem is with
DIm bmp as New Bitmap = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(AssyName & ".Report.bmp")

do you have any other sugestions

cheers

Do you have the line above it in your code? AND did you follow Step 1 in my original post? I have 2 applications with embedded image resources that work just fine using this exact code (except for the file name) on both the full .NET Framework as well as the Compact Framework.

Whoops...wrong syntax. Try this:

 Comment from ptakja
Date: 11/12/2004 06:36AM EST
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Here's what you have to do:

1) Make sure the property "Build Action" is set to "Embedded Resource" for your image file(s). You can see this property by selecting the file in VS and looking at the properties.

2)  To load the file as a resource:

Dim AssyName As String = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetName.Name
DIm bmp as New Bitmap = [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(AssyName & ".Report.bmp")

upimage.Image = bmp

The syntax for the filename in the GetManifestResourceStream method is <assemblyName>.File.extension

Jeff
 
Comment from visualbasic
Date: 11/12/2004 12:46PM EST
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this sugestion does not seem to work ,problem is with
DIm bmp as New Bitmap([Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(AssyName & ".Report.bmp"))
 
 Sorry about that! :-|

What is the Build Action property set to for the embedded file in the assembly?  Is it Compile, Content, or Embedded Resource?  Are you getting any errors?

Bob

thanks a million ptakja  ,that worked a treat!