In WinForms it is possible to import an image as a resource, and the image would still work when compiled in the /bin/Debug folder.
I can't figure out how to get this working in WPF, when I run the application the image doesn't load, because the image is saved in /Projects/AppName/images/
, and the application is compiled into /Projects/AppName/bin/Debug
when I run it in Debug mode.
Do I simply need to make a copy of my Images folder and put it where the application is compiled? Or is there another way. Here is my code which displays my image:
<Image Width="300">
<Image.Source>
<BitmapImage DecodePixelWidth="300" UriSource="/images/jamsnaps-dark.png" />
</Image.Source>
</Image>
To add a Resource Dictionary into your WPF application, right click the WPF project > add a Resource Dictionary. Now apply the resource "myAnotherBackgroundColor" to button background and observe the changes.
images
) in your Visual Studio Project.Build Action
to Resource
(in the Properties window, see second image in this answer).Then write the UriSource
property like you already did:
UriSource="/images/jamsnaps-dark.png"
That URI is effectively a Resource File Pack URI, where the prefix is automatically added by the XAML Parser.
In code behind, you would write
bitmap.UriSource = new Uri("pack://application:,,,/images/jamsnaps-dark.png");
Two options :
1) Go out from bin/Debug and in to your application folder by ../../ and then to your image.
<Image>
<Image.Source>
<BitmapImage UriSource="../../images/jamsnaps-dark.png" />
</Image.Source>
</Image>
2) Compile your images as Content from properties in the context menu on the image file , and then when compiled they would be placed in been debug. I don't remember if you also need to tell them to copy local also in properties ( i'm not near a computer at the moment so i can't check .
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