WPF - Image 'is not part of the project or its Build Action is not set to Resource'

Question

I have a project which requires an image in the window. This is a static image and i added through 'Add>Existing Item'. It exists in the root of the project.

I reference the image in a test page like so -

<Page x:Class="Critter.Pages.Test"
      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
      xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
      Title="Test">
      <Image Source="bug.png"/>
</Page>

Problem is I get a message saying it can't be found or it's build action isn't resource but it DOES exist and it's build action IS resource. If i create a new application and just throw it on a window then it works fine.

Any help would be great.

Answer 1

Try doing a full rebuild, or delete the build files and then build the file.

Visual Studio doesn't always pick up changes to resources, and it can be a pain to get it recompile.

Also try using a full URI as that helped me when I had the same problem. Something like

pack://application:,,,/MyAssembly;component/bug.png 

Answer 2

→ Right click the image file → Click property → Select Build Action to Resource → Clean and Build solution → Run the Solution

You will get the all.

Answer 3

I had the same issue. Cleaning and rebuilding the solution didn't fix it so I restarted visual studio and it did. Here's hoping Visual 2010 fixes this issue and the many others that plauge wpf in Visual 2008.

Answer 4

Try starting the path to your image with a "/":

<Image Source="/bug.png"/>