WPF Images appear in the designer but not at run time

Asked Sep 15 '20 at 12:30

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I have a WPF window containing Buttons with Images when I set the source of those Images to the Images in another project but in same solution they appear correctly in the designer but at runtime the Images disappear Here is My XAML code

<Button>
  <Image Source="pack://application:,,,/MyOtherProject;component/Images/Image.png" Width="50"/>
</Button>

I have tried to change the Source to the following: /MyOtherProject;component/Images/Image.png But still encouter the same problem and the Image appears only in desginer but not in run time

the Images Build Mode is none, and the Copy to output directory is false

Edit: this is a screen shot for the image in the designer :

And this is a screen shot for the image in runtime:

edited Sep 15 '20 at 12:36

asked Sep 15 '20 at 12:30

Zyad Hamed

The image should be a resource of the project. – jcvegan Sep 15 '20 at 12:33
Why don't you set the copy-to-output to true? – simon at rcl Sep 15 '20 at 12:33
@jcvegan I tried to use it as a resource but when I do that the XAML says that there is no such Image in that path – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:37
I made also the copy to output true but still no changes – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:38
You need to ensure in correct run-time environment. What you see is indicator that you didn't. You have to store images in same place accessible at design- and run-time. The easiest is to build them into exe-file as resources, but you can also try to setup folder structure. – Sinatr Sep 15 '20 at 12:39
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Build Action should be Resource, Copy to Output Directory is not necessary. – Clemens Sep 15 '20 at 12:41
You should check the properties of your image. (Default: Solution Explorer and F4) – Martin Backasch Sep 15 '20 at 12:43
@Sinatr So I should set the images as resource? – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:44
Ok i changed the Images build type to resource but not the Source of the Image is not working anymore, how can I fix that (Notice that the Images are in another project) – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:45
Just in case it isn't clear. The image file should be located in the MyOtherProject Visual Studio project, in a folder named Images. And its Build Action should be set to Resource. – Clemens Sep 15 '20 at 12:46
@Clemens yes exactly – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:47
Also make sure that MyOtherProject is the assembly name of the project that contains the image file. – Clemens Sep 15 '20 at 12:48
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I have made the images as resource and the code works fine but still face the same problem at runtime – Zyad Hamed Sep 15 '20 at 12:48

WPF Images appear in the designer but not at run time

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