picturebox set picture

[Silent77]

This is a pretty basic question but how do you define a pictureboxes picture in code?

 

[jmcilhinney]

The easiest way is to call the PictureBox's Load method and pass the path of the image file as a parameter. There are various ways though, so it really depends on your personal preference and also the circumstances, like where the image is coming from.

 

[Silent77]

the picture is coming from the project. I added the picture file to the project through Add Existing Item. What I am trying to do is swap images when a radio button is clicked (more than one radio button and image).

 

[vis781]

This is a pretty basic question but how do you define a pictureboxes picture in code?

PictureBox.Image = Image.FromFile(File Path Here...)

 

[Silent77]

ok I figured out from that code i can direct path the file but can i do it through the folder in the project "Resources" instead of direct path?

 

[JohnH]

PictureBx.Image = My.Resources.imagefile

 

[Silent77]

I put this in and it wont work.

[SIZE=2]PictureBox1.Image = [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]My[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].Resources([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"blue.jpg"[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])
[/SIZE]

it says "App1.My.Resources' is a namespace and cannot be used as an expression. Any ideas on how to fix that?

Thanks for the help

 

[JohnH]

It's probably like this:

PictureBx.Image = My.Resources.blue

or use ResourceManager

PictureBox1.Image = My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("blue")

You can see in Resources tab of Application Properteis what name the object got.

 

[jmcilhinney]

The fact that you've added the image file to your project doesn't make it a resource. If you want to access an object via My.Resources then you need to go to the Resources tab of the project properties and add a new Image resource there. You may have already done that but nothing you posted so far indicates that it's so.

 

[Silent77]

I put the images into the resource tab and called the images using

[SIZE=2]
PictureBox1.Image = [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]My[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2].Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"blue.JPG"[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])
[/SIZE]

and it does not display an error or an image. Any ideas?

 

[JohnH]

If you didn't put the image in the applications resources as jmcilhinney indicated then that is a good reason, also if you did put an image named 'blue.jpg' there the resource would in most cases be named just 'blue'. You must go to Application Properties, Resources tab and look at the 'Images' filter to see if it's there. If it's not there you must add it before getting it from there as you asked to do in post 5.

 

[Silent77]

if you did put an image named 'blue.jpg' there the resource would in most cases be named just 'blue'.

Thanks it works without the file ext. And Thanks to everyone that posted