How to add PNG resource in Visual Studio 2010?

Ian Boyd picture Ian Boyd · Feb 16, 2012 · Viewed 59.6k times · Source

I have a PNG (i.e. a compressed image) that I'd like to include in my assembly (i.e. application).

How to do it?

Additional information:

I tried adding a PNG resource to my assembly in Visual Studio 2010:

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But that didn't work, as Visual Studio converts it to an uncompressed bitmap:

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Except I want to add a PNG.

Otherwise my 1MB application becomes 8MB:

]=== 1MB file size ==>
]=== 8MB file size ==============================================================================================================================================>

Answer

Jeff picture Jeff · Feb 16, 2012
  1. Go to the project menu -> properties.
  2. Select the resources tab
  3. Make sure Images is selected first.
  4. Click the arrow beside 'add resource'
  5. New Image (Select from Image File Types)
  6. Find the PNG

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