Where are the pictures going?

[sp000n]

I've a two part question involving picture boxes. Firstly, where is the picture? When I changed the image by using the Properties interface in VS, I browsed my system for a file and selected it. Sure enough, it works just fine in the program. When I move/delete/change the picture, however, the change is not reflected in my program. At the same time, I can't find where it's stored in my project directory. Can anyone shed some insight into this for me?

Also, how would I have it point to a file instead? I find the PictureBox controls very useful but would prefer to point it at a file rather than have the image embedded someplace in the program. Any ideas?

I realize these are newbish questions but I've done my searches and the documentation is a bit over my head just yet. Thanks in advance.

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

The picture is stored in the form's .resx file, in the Base64 (or BinHex,
not sure here) encoded form.
If you want to use files, you should create a Bitmap instance from that
file, and then assign the Bitmap to the PictureBox.

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I've a two part question involving picture boxes. Firstly, where is the picture? When I changed the image by using the Properties interface in VS,
I browsed my system for a file and selected it. Sure enough, it works just
fine in the program. When I move/delete/change the picture, however, the
change is not reflected in my program. At the same time, I can't find where
it's stored in my project directory. Can anyone shed some insight into this
for me?
Also, how would I have it point to a file instead? I find the PictureBox controls very useful but would prefer to point it at a file rather than have
the image embedded someplace in the program. Any ideas?
I realize these are newbish questions but I've done my searches and the

documentation is a bit over my head just yet. Thanks in advance.

[sp000n]

I'll give that a go.