button image is not comming while running a winforms

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I am designing a windows form using c#. Here i have a button and i am trying to set a background image for it. The image is coming in designer page, but it is not appearing while running..
please help me..
thanks in advance.....

Posted 1-Dec-13 5:44am

vineeth raju

Updated 1-Dec-13 5:59am

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Dave Kreskowiak 1-Dec-13 11:58am

Which is it?? You said both web page and winforms. They are mutually exclusive. So, which type of application are you writing?

vineeth raju 1-Dec-13 12:00pm

sorry i mean windows forms.. i updated my question

vineeth raju 1-Dec-13 12:10pm

actually i just want to give a background image for a button.

Ron Beyer 1-Dec-13 12:14pm

How are you setting the background image?

vineeth raju 1-Dec-13 12:22pm

yes i set into resources..

vineeth raju 1-Dec-13 12:22pm

this is my code

this.button1.BackgroundImage = global::WindowsFormsApplication4.Properties.Resources.button1;
this.button1.BackgroundImageLayout = System.Windows.Forms.ImageLayout.Stretch;
this.button1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Gulim", 18F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(129)));
this.button1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.WindowText;
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(140, 126);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(88, 54);
this.button1.TabIndex = 2;
this.button1.Text = "OK";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;

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BillWoodruff · Answer 1 · 2013-12-01T17:45:00

If you create a graphic file Resource like this:

1. context-click on your Project Name in the Solution Explorer treeview

2. select the Properties menu item at the bottom of the menu

3. click on the Resources item in the menu at left

4. open the Add Resource drop-down

5. select Add Existing File item

6. select your graphic file

Then, anytime you want to use the resource in code, you'll do something like:

button1.BackgroundImage = Properties.Resources.ResourceName;

Intellisense should show you the names of available resources as soon as you have typed "Properties.Resources."

If that's not working for you, then please respond with details on exactly how you have added the graphic file resource to your Project.

ExcelledProducts CEO · Answer 2 · 2013-12-01T07:29:00

Solution 1

Well looking at your code why don't you replace you .BackgroundImage call

VB

this.button1.BackgroundImage = global::WindowsFormsApplication4.Properties.Resources.button1;

with

C#

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("MyProject.Resources.myimage.png"));

this.button1.BackgroundImage = bmp;

Posted 1-Dec-13 7:29am

ExcelledProducts CEO

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[no name] 1-Dec-13 13:45pm

reason for the downvote?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Dec-13 13:46pm

This is a really, really, really bad way of using resources in .NET. What if you misspell the string? What if you moved/renamed the file? how would you remember where you should change it in all places you use it. The auto-generated resource source file (*.cs) is designed to put it all in order, it creates a static property of Image type (or, some other reasonable types, depending on the file).

OP just messed up something, why mislead him in using a bad way which won't give anything new but would develop a bad habit?

—SA

[no name] 1-Dec-13 13:50pm

he could very easily make the string a global variable and when he changes it just change the variable string, then it is very easy to edit if you change the location of a resource.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Dec-13 13:52pm

Why saving an apparently bad solution by improving it just a bit? :-)
The whole idea make no sense. The good mechanism based on auto-generated code already exists and work well.
—SA