How to refer to Embedded Resources from XAML?

c# .net wpf xaml embedded-resource
eric.itzhak picture eric.itzhak · Feb 23, 2012 · Viewed 56.3k times · Source

I have several images that i want to be Embedded into the exe.

When i set the Build Action to Embedded Resource I get through out the code an error that the Resource isn't available and asking me to set the Build Action to Resource

I Tried several different methods :

 <ImageSource x:Key="Image_Background">YearBook;component/Resources/Images/darkaurora.png</ImageSource>

 <ImageSource x:Key="Image_Background">Images/darkaurora.png</ImageSource>

 <ImageSource x:Key="Image_Background">pack://application:,,,/Resources/Images/darkaurora.png</ImageSource>

This code sits in a Resource file. But none worked, they all throw this error :

Cannot convert the string 'pack://application:,,,/Resources/Images/darkaurora.png' into a 'System.Windows.Media.ImageSource' object. Cannot locate resource 'resources/images/darkaurora.png'.  Error at object 'Image_Background' in markup file 'YearBook;component/Resources/ImageResources.xaml' Line 4 Position 6.

And in different places in code i get :

the file 'YearBook;component/Resources/Images/shadowdrop.png' is not a part of the project or its 'Build Action' property is not set to 'Resource'

So, What am i doing wrong?

Answer

yo chauhan picture yo chauhan · Feb 23, 2012

When you set the BuildAction to Resource it goes as embedded resource in an assembly. Or you can set BuildAction to Content then it will bundled into the resulting .xap file. You can use any one of these BuildActions. By setting BuildAction to Content you can access Image like: "/Resources/Images/darkaurora.png" (must begin with slash). And when you use the BuildAction Resource then you can access image as "/YearBook;component/Resources/Images/darkaurora.png" (assemblyname;component/relativepath). Hope this will help.

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