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CoverFlowControl in silverlight how can I add pictures ??

I have a CoverFlowControl in xaml page, within this control I am adding pictures with the code

<Image Source="{Binding ImageUrl}" CacheMode="BitmapCache" Height="385" ImageOpened="Image_ImageOpened" />

and it reads an xml file and gets the image url with

ImageUrl = xMovie.Element("poster").Element("location").Value;

and it brings the pictures but instead of this I want to read the pictures from a folder instead in my local drive and for that I need to add pictures to my CoverFlowControl.Items.Add() but i can not give the picture name to that it gives an error.. Basically my question is how can I add the pictures on my local drive to CoverFlowControl ??

CuteBug

Check this link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.image.aspx

// Create source
BitmapImage myBitmapImage = new BitmapImage();

// BitmapImage.UriSource must be in a BeginInit/EndInit block
myBitmapImage.BeginInit();
myBitmapImage.UriSource = new Uri(@"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Water Lilies.jpg");

// To save significant application memory, set the DecodePixelWidth or  
// DecodePixelHeight of the BitmapImage value of the image source to the desired 
// height or width of the rendered image. If you don't do this, the application will 
// cache the image as though it were rendered as its normal size rather then just 
// the size that is displayed.
// Note: In order to preserve aspect ratio, set DecodePixelWidth
// or DecodePixelHeight but not both.
myBitmapImage.DecodePixelWidth = 200;
myBitmapImage.EndInit();
//set image source
ImageSource = myBitmapImage;

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fatihdi

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Unfortunately it did not work for me... it is giving error on

<Image Width="200">
<Image.Source>


<BitmapImage DecodePixelWidth="200"
UriSource="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures\Water Lilies.jpg" />
</Image.Source>

so is there another way to implement this ? I need to give a source to CoverflowControl as

CoverflowControl.ItemsSource = "source";

and source should be a collection of images... and it should display on CoverflowControl

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