how to get image name from a picturebox

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I have a PictureBox on one of my windows form, now I would like to get the name of the image which is already set in the PictureBox.
I tried:

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string imagepath = pictureBox3.ImageLocation.ToString();

//and to get only name of image.

string picname = imagepath.Substring(imagepath.LastIndexOf('\\'));

Posted 11-Nov-11 22:19pm

choudhary.sumit

Updated 11-Nov-11 22:20pm

André Kraak

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Sam Path 12-Nov-11 4:34am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-11T22:36:00

Solution 1

This may not work - it depends on how you have loaded the image into the PictureBox.
If you fix the image at design time, by setting an source in the properties pane, then there is no URL to fetch.
If you load the image from a resource, it may not work either.
If you load the PictureBox.Image property at runtime from an Image or Bitmap, then there is no URL to fetch.

The only instance I can see where ImageLocation contains anything useful, is when you use PictureBox.Load method.

What are you trying to achieve, that you think this would help?

Posted 11-Nov-11 22:36pm

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choudhary.sumit 12-Nov-11 4:41am

ok. i just want to insert the image name in database along with the rest of the registration fields.

OriginalGriff 12-Nov-11 4:54am

That will only work if you use the PictureBox.Load method. Personally, I would save the file name at the point at which I got it, so I would not have to be reliant on using a PictureBox for display - I would get better separation between my Data Layer and my Presentation Layer that way.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Nov-11 22:20pm

My 5, especially for the above comment.
--SA