Embed an image in the wpf rerouces and use it in the xaml

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Excuse the novice question, I'm new to wpf.

I want to use an image as the "Icon" of a xaml window. I want this image to be embedded in the exe.

what's the best way?
Please include ALL required steps.

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so far, I've tried this:

HTML

<Window ... 
   Icon="{StaticResource MyIco}">
...

<BitmapImage x:Key="MyIco" UriSource="TheIco" />

TheIco is a resource I've added and which I can see in the Resources.resx file
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What am I doing wrong or what's the best way to do this?

Thanks,
Herb

Posted 10-Feb-14 2:18am

Herbisaurus

Updated 10-Feb-14 2:29am

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Joezer BH 10-Feb-14 8:33am

It's nice to see a novice question with the user bothering to write down what he tried, I've 5ed your question for that.

Cheers, C

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Irina Pykhova · Answer 1 · 2014-02-10T04:03:00

Solution 1

Add image to the project as a file, not to Resources.resx. And look at this article

Posted 10-Feb-14 4:03am

Irina Pykhova

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Herbisaurus 10-Feb-14 10:51am

Hmm,
Can you specify the steps in more details.

I have the file in my project of course already, using:
Icon="MyProject.MyIco" in the Window element does not work.
The MyProject.MyIco is not recognized.

Irina Pykhova 10-Feb-14 11:35am

Add image file to application root, make sure that Buiild action for it is set to Resource. Then in xaml set Icon="myImage.ico". That's all. If you added image to some subfolder, you should write exact path to this image. But you don't need to write project name. Try to remove 'MyProject'

Herbisaurus 10-Feb-14 10:54am

I am not sure your suggestion qualifies. In your approach, will the image be embedded in the assembly as I requested?

Irina Pykhova 10-Feb-14 11:36am

yes, if Build Action is Resource

Herbisaurus 11-Feb-14 5:40am

Thanks, What if I want to set that resource in code:I tried this:

img.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/Images/MyPic.jpg"));

But I get IOException (cannot locate resource)is my code line good for that?

Irina Pykhova 11-Feb-14 5:45am

basically, you should make sure that resource exists in your application and uri is correct. So, check build action for the image and whether it is actually placed under Images folder. If you have some tool like .Net Reflector, you can check how resources are packed inside your assembly and compare with your Uri.

Herbisaurus 11-Feb-14 8:39am

If I set it as the Window Icon in the XAML it works just fine. like this:

Window ... Icon="Images/MyIco.png"

But, if I try to set it as the source for an Image, I get an IO exception the resource is not found:

Uri uri = new Uri("pack://application:,,,/Images/MyIco.png");
img.Source = BitmapFrame.Create(uri);

Irina Pykhova 11-Feb-14 9:05am

try relative uri
Uri uri = new Uri("Images/MyIco.png", UriKind.Relative);
or Uri uri = new Uri("/Images/MyIco.png", UriKind.Relative);
Try both, sometimes the problem might be in leading slash.
Also look at this thread, there are some different samples: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/350027/setting-wpf-image-source-in-code