How to programmatically set the Image source

Question

When the Image's Source property is set the following way, the picture is taken from /Images/down.png.

How would I do the same thing programmatically?

<Image x:Name="myImg" Source="/MyProject;component/Images/down.png" /> 

The following would not work, since Image.Source property is not of a string type.

myImg.Source = "/MyProject;component/Images/down.png";  

Answer 1

Try this:

BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage(new Uri("/MyProject;component/Images/down.png", UriKind.Relative)); 

Answer 2

myImg.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"component/Images/down.png", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));  

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