I have the following directory structure
Project
\Images
+view.png
control.xaml
and in the control I have a button defined by the following XAML:
<Button Click="Search"
Grid.Column="1"
Margin="0,5,5, 0"
HorizontalAlignment="Right">
<Button.Template>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
<Image Source="pack://application:,,,/images/view.png"
Width="16"
Height="16"
ToolTip="Search"
Cursor="Hand"
Opacity="0.8" />
</ControlTemplate>
</Button.Template>
</Button>
However, neither this pack URI method nor the "/images/view.png" is working. As I understand it, this is the same issue this question raises. However, I get the same error. The confusing thing is that in designer in Visual Studio 2008, the image renders correctly, but on the call to the InitializeComponent() call, I get:
Cannot convert string 'pack://application:,,,/images/view.png' in attribute 'Source' to object of type 'System.Windows.Media.ImageSource'. Cannot locate resource 'images/view.png'. Error at object 'System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate' in markup file 'RecapSpecEditControl;component/modaltreadgroupdatadialog.xaml' Line 61 Position 40.
I thought that maybe there was a namespace that I had to declare but according to the msdn site I believe I don't have to do anything like that.
I actually got this to work, but had to set my source to "/ProjectName;component/images/view.png" Because I have the ProjectName as a referenced assembly this is then the same as the Path: portion at the msdn page that I referenced in the question.
Set the Build Action for 'view.png' to Resource instead of Content and this problem should go away. I was able to reproduce your problem this way and it works correctly when set as a Resource.
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