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problem with using PictureBox

Hi,

I dropped a PictureBox component on a Windows Form, pointed it to a WMF
file. Shows fine in design-time but when I try running the application I
get:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in
xyz.exe

Additional information: Specified cast is not valid.

The particular line this is happening in:

this.pictureBox1.BackgroundImage =
((System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile)(resources.GetOb ject("pictureBox1.BackgroundImage")));

Any pointers would be really appreciated.

Thanks.
Nov 15 '05 #1
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