Combining a string and resource

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I have a dataset which contains some products and their image filenames (for example "test.png"). Images are loaded as resources. How can I set the image location properly?

DataRowView uRow = (DataRowView)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
DataRow row = uRow.Row;

pictureBox1.ImageLocation = Properties.Resources + row["logo"].ToString();

Please tag with appropriate GUI technology: Webforms? WinForms? WPF? — Anders Abel, Oct 11 '15 at 19:23

Olivier Jacot-Descombes · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-11T19:44:01.807

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You can get a string resource by name like this:

string imageName = row["logo"].ToString();

// Strip off the extension, since it is not contained in the resource name.
imageName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(imageName);

pictureBox1.ImageLocation =
    Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetString(imageName);

If you have stored the images themselves as resources, you can get them by name like this:

pictureBox1.Image =
    (Image)Properties.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(imageName);

edited Oct 11 '15 at 19:44

answered Oct 11 '15 at 19:35

Olivier Jacot-Descombes

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It sounds like the Image itself is the resource, not the path, but this is still the right hint the OP needs. – Joel Coehoorn Oct 11 '15 at 19:36
Well, he puts the result into `ImageLocation`, so I'm not sure. – Olivier Jacot-Descombes Oct 11 '15 at 19:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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The ImageLocation property does not support using resources directly. From the MSDN Docs:

Gets or sets the path or URL for the image to display in the PictureBox.

To load an image that is a resource, please see Change PictureBox's image to image from my resources?

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answered Oct 11 '15 at 19:30

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 12 '15 at 01:40

If you set property Access modifier of Resources.resx file to the Friend or Public
then images or another resources can be accessed without hardcoding names.
Visual Studio will generate a class and properties for every resources

pictureBox1.Image = Properties.Resources.YourImage;

Combining a string and resource

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