Application.StartupPath doesn't work?

[Ljuslykta]

Hi.

I've almost finished a binary clock, but I have one problem. The user should choose between two different backgrounds, named binary.jpg and binary 1600.jpg

Dim Bild1 As New Bitmap(Application.StartupPath & "/Bilder/binary1600.jpg")
Picturebox1.Image=Bild1


I get "Parameter is not valid" on the first line.

What is wrong, and how should I solve it?

 

[jmcilhinney]

What happens if you hard-code the path? Does it work then?

 

[Ljuslykta]

No, when i get the startuppath and isert it in the sting it looks like

 Dim Bild2 As New Bitmap("C:\Documents and Settings\Pontus\Mina dokument\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Binary_Clock\Binary_Clock\bin\Debug\Bilder\binary1600.jpg")

But I still get "Parameter is not valid"

 

[jmcilhinney]

Sounds like there's something wrong with your file, at least as far as the Bitmap class is concerned.

 

[Ljuslykta]

I've already tried with a file that I used in another project. In the beginning, I used App.Startuppath, but then I changed then.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Does this path actually exist "C:\Documents and Settings\Pontus\Mina dokument\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Binary_Clock\Binary_Clock\bin\Debug\Bilder" ? or is the path actually this: "C:\Documents and Settings\Pontus\Mina dokument\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Binary_Clock\Binary_Clock\Bilder" (without the bin\Debug\ part) ?

 

[Ljuslykta]

Accually, it doesn't exist, but do I "go up" two steps in the folders?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

I would do the opposite, I would set the 'Copy to Output Directory' property to 'Copy if newer' for each item in that folder in your Solution Explorer. Then use Application.StartupPath as normal from there.

 

[Ljuslykta]

If I took

Dim Bild1 As New Bitmap("C:\Documents and Settings\Pontus\Mina dokument\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Binary_Clock\Binary_Clock\bin\Debug\Bilder\binary1600.jpg")

it worked, but if I took

Dim Bild1 As New Bitmap(Application.StartupPath & "Bilder\binary1600.jpg")

, it didn't work

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

If I took
it worked, but if I took , it didn't work

Of course, because Application.StartupPath returns this string:

C:\Documents and Settings\Pontus\Mina dokument\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Binary_Clock\Binary_Clock\bin\Debug\

and the "Bilder" doesn't exist in that bin\Debug location.

Have you set the Copy output property in your solution explorer?

 

[Ljuslykta]

Yes, i've done that

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

What files & folders are in the bin\debug folder then? somehow they aren't making it there.