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easy include bitmap question

i have an included bitmap in my solution explorer, where do i find it if i want to show it in my project?

thanks,

~b

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im not quite sure i understand your code, plus its giving me an error. please explain.

this is my code...

Public Function CreateImage(ByVal vName As String) As Bitmap
Dim executingAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = Me.GetType.Assembly.GetAssembly(Me.GetType)
Dim myNamespace As String = executingAssembly.GetName().Name.ToString()

Return New Bitmap(Me.GetType.Assembly.GetAssembly(Me.GetType).GetManifestResourceStream(vName)) '<--ERROR HERE
End Function

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Me.PictureBox11.Image = CreateImage("optical_illusion_1.jpg")
End Sub

and this is the error message that im getting...

Additional information: 'null' is not a valid value for 'stream'.

thanks for your help

`~b

Ignacio Soler Garcia

Check this:

a) Have you setted the property of the image Generation Action to "Embedded resource"?
b) Have you passed the full name of the image (including capitalization). For example, a image called pPp.bmp into a folder called FOLDER inside a Project called CycleLog must be called "CycleLog.FOLDER.pPp.bmp?

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bramsquad

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thanks!