'System.Windows.Controls.Image' does not contain a definition for 'FromFile'

Question

I want to make a WPF app to show some images on my hard drive. Here's my attempt :

using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Drawing;

namespace Photo
{

    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            Image myimage = Image.FromFile(@"C:\images\myimage.jpg");
        }
    }
}

Here is the error I get :

'System.Windows.Controls.Image' does not contain a definition for 'FromFile'

How can I get rid of this error? Thanks..

Answer 1

Image.FromFile is available with System.Drawing.Image. It is not available with System.Windows.Controls.Image. For WPF you shouldn't be using System.Drawing.Image.

So the question is how to load Image object in WPF from a file. Use:

System.Windows.Controls.Image myImage = new System.Windows.Controls.Image();
myImage.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"C:\images\myimage.jpg"));