image load Visual Studio 2010 c#

Question

I'm having problem loading images to my project. I have the image in a folder named microassig this folder is on my desktop, this folder is to be sent online to my tutor, thats my line of code:

private Image imageOpen = Image.FromFile("\microassig\openOff.bmp");

I don't want to put the directory c:/ because is directory will be different from mine hence why i'm just using the ("\microassig\openOff.bmp");

The problem is that the image doesn't load.

You need to provide more details - is it a web application? a winforms application? what error are you getting? please note that you're escaping unwanted characters: add a `@` to `Image.FromFile(@"\microassig .....");` — Shai, Aug 01 '12 at 12:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '12 at 12:49

Locate your project's

bin\debug folder

You can do this by right-clicking on your project solution and clicking Open in Windows Explorer.

Store/Save the file as

openOff.bmp

Then you can just do:

private Image imageOpen = Image.FromFile("openOff.bmp");

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '12 at 12:49

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You should not be using the Image.FromFile. You need to add the image as a resource into the project. See this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7k989cfy(v=vs.80).aspx

answered Aug 01 '12 at 12:49

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

The \ doesn't imply your desktop. You should use GetFolderPath for that (See C# Get Special Folder) There are a few ways to go about this. You could add your image as a resource.

Or, more in the line of what you are already doing you could change your code to something like this:

private Image imageOpen = Image.FromFile("openOff.bmp");

Then move the openOff.bmp to your bin folder (where the exe is saved).

While you keep the openOff.bmp in the same folder as your executable it should find it.

image load Visual Studio 2010 c#

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