How to set image from url to button background?

Question

I would like to set the background image for a button to an image I have from a URL; but the following code does not work:

var button = new Button();
Image image = new Image();
image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("https://cdn4.iconfinder.com/data/icons/ionicons/512/icon-folder-128.png", UriKind.Absolute));                
button = image;

Specifically "button = image" doesn't work, because Button isn't Image type.

How should I set an image to be the background image of a button?

Button should have a property called `BackgroundImage` or somesuch. Of course you shouldn't set an image to be a button; it's not, it's an image. — George Stocker, Mar 22 '16 at 20:33
Button have not property like this. I can't see any property like image or somethink. — marcin1102, Mar 22 '16 at 20:38
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.backgroundimage(v=vs.110).aspx — boyomarinov, Mar 22 '16 at 20:42
@marcin1102 We don't close questions because they're answered. Mark the answer that solved your problem if one has. — George Stocker, Mar 22 '16 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 20:48

You can accomplish this by using WebClient to first download the image locally before displaying it in the Button control

using (WebClient c = new WebClient())
{
    c.DownloadFile("https://cdn4.iconfinder.com/data/icons/ionicons/512/icon-folder-128.png", "D:/image.png");
}
button.Image = Image.FromFile("D:/image.png");

Where D:/image.png is the location you would like to save your image to

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:20

0

Ok, I've got a solution.

            var button = new Button();
            var image = new ImageBrush();
            image.ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri(url, UriKind.Absolute));         
            button.Background = image;

answered Mar 22 '16 at 21:20

marcin1102

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How to set image from url to button background?

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