How to use images in C# solutions

[Mark Allison]

Hi,

Newbie here, please bear with me.

I have a C# project which implements a tree view control. I want to add
some images to this tree view control. The tree view control represents
the tree view found in Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. So we
have Server Groups and Servers, in the tree view.

I want to create my own similar tree view and have an image representing
a Server Group, and another image representing a Server. I have these
images as bitmaps in my file system. What is the best way of "managing"
these files? When I develop on my desktop, I reference them like this:

ImageList imgTreeNodes = new ImageList();
imgTreeNodes.TransparentColor = Color.White;
System.Drawing.Image imgServer = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local Files\Visual
Studio Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\server.bmp ");
System.Drawing.Image imgServerGroup = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local
Files\Visual Studio
Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\servergrou p.bmp");
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServerGroup);
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServer);
tvwServers.ImageList = imgTreeNodes;

However, when I copy my solution to the laptop, the directory structure
is different.

What's the best way of including the images in my solution, but
abstracting it from the file system?

--
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602m.html

[Jon Davis]

Two comments here. First of all, when you use the Visual Studio .NET visual
editor to assign images to an Image List, the images are serialized with
your project and compiled as embedded resources, so you don't need to reload
them as external icons.

Second, if you need the images to load from the hard disk, make the images
relative to the executable, then extend
System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath with the relative path to
the images. For example, if the EXE is in c:\myApp\ and the images are
stored in c:\myApp\images\ then use:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

HTH,
Jon
"Mark Allison" <ma***@no.tinned.meat.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eD*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Newbie here, please bear with me.

I have a C# project which implements a tree view control. I want to add
some images to this tree view control. The tree view control represents
the tree view found in Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. So we
have Server Groups and Servers, in the tree view.

I want to create my own similar tree view and have an image representing
a Server Group, and another image representing a Server. I have these
images as bitmaps in my file system. What is the best way of "managing"
these files? When I develop on my desktop, I reference them like this:

ImageList imgTreeNodes = new ImageList();
imgTreeNodes.TransparentColor = Color.White;
System.Drawing.Image imgServer = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local Files\Visual
Studio Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\server.bmp ");
System.Drawing.Image imgServerGroup = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local
Files\Visual Studio
Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\servergrou p.bmp");
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServerGroup);
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServer);
tvwServers.ImageList = imgTreeNodes;

However, when I copy my solution to the laptop, the directory structure
is different.

What's the best way of including the images in my solution, but
abstracting it from the file system?

--
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602m.html

[Jon Davis]

> string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

FYI Outlook Express took out the "'s. One should prefix the first "\\" and
one should come after "jpg".

Jon

"Jon Davis" <jo*@REMOVE.ME.jondavis.net> wrote in message
news:Ot*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Two comments here. First of all, when you use the Visual Studio .NET visual editor to assign images to an Image List, the images are serialized with
your project and compiled as embedded resources, so you don't need to reload them as external icons.

Second, if you need the images to load from the hard disk, make the images
relative to the executable, then extend
System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath with the relative path to
the images. For example, if the EXE is in c:\myApp\ and the images are
stored in c:\myApp\images\ then use:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

HTH,
Jon
"Mark Allison" <ma***@no.tinned.meat.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eD*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Newbie here, please bear with me.

I have a C# project which implements a tree view control. I want to add
some images to this tree view control. The tree view control represents
the tree view found in Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. So we
have Server Groups and Servers, in the tree view.

I want to create my own similar tree view and have an image representing
a Server Group, and another image representing a Server. I have these
images as bitmaps in my file system. What is the best way of "managing"
these files? When I develop on my desktop, I reference them like this:

ImageList imgTreeNodes = new ImageList();
imgTreeNodes.TransparentColor = Color.White;
System.Drawing.Image imgServer = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local Files\Visual
Studio Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\server.bmp ");
System.Drawing.Image imgServerGroup = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local
Files\Visual Studio
Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\servergrou p.bmp");
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServerGroup);
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServer);
tvwServers.ImageList = imgTreeNodes;

However, when I copy my solution to the laptop, the directory structure
is different.

What's the best way of including the images in my solution, but
abstracting it from the file system?

--
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602m.html

[Andrey]

Jon Davis wrote:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

FYI Outlook Express took out the "'s. One should prefix the first "\\" and
one should come after "jpg".

Use Firefox instead! :) Doesn't take anything off :)

Jon

"Jon Davis" <jo*@REMOVE.ME.jondavis.net> wrote in message
news:Ot*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Two comments here. First of all, when you use the Visual Studio .NET

visual

editor to assign images to an Image List, the images are serialized with
your project and compiled as embedded resources, so you don't need to

reload

them as external icons.

Second, if you need the images to load from the hard disk, make the images
relative to the executable, then extend
System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePat h with the relative path to
the images. For example, if the EXE is in c:\myApp\ and the images are
stored in c:\myApp\images\ then use:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

HTH,
Jon
"Mark Allison" <ma***@no.tinned.meat.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eD*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Newbie here, please bear with me.

I have a C# project which implements a tree view control. I want to add
some images to this tree view control. The tree view control represents
the tree view found in Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. So we
have Server Groups and Servers, in the tree view.

I want to create my own similar tree view and have an image representing
a Server Group, and another image representing a Server. I have these
images as bitmaps in my file system. What is the best way of "managing"
these files? When I develop on my desktop, I reference them like this:

ImageList imgTreeNodes = new ImageList();
imgTreeNodes.TransparentColor = Color.White;
System.Drawing.Image imgServer = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local Files\Visual
Studio Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\server.bmp ");
System.Drawing.Image imgServerGroup = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local
Files\Visual Studio
Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\serverg roup.bmp");
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServerGroup);
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServer);
tvwServers.ImageList = imgTreeNodes;

However, when I copy my solution to the laptop, the directory structure
is different.

What's the best way of including the images in my solution, but
abstracting it from the file system?

--
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602m.html

[Jon Davis]

You mean Thunderbird? Firefox doesn't do NNTP posting.

Jon

"Andrey" <le*******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dy46d.35927$He1.16271@attbi_s01...

Jon Davis wrote:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;

FYI Outlook Express took out the "'s. One should prefix the first "\\" and one should come after "jpg".

Use Firefox instead! :) Doesn't take anything off :)

Jon

"Jon Davis" <jo*@REMOVE.ME.jondavis.net> wrote in message
news:Ot*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Two comments here. First of all, when you use the Visual Studio .NET

visual

editor to assign images to an Image List, the images are serialized with
your project and compiled as embedded resources, so you don't need to

reload

them as external icons.

Second, if you need the images to load from the hard disk, make the

imagesrelative to the executable, then extend
System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePat h with the relative path tothe images. For example, if the EXE is in c:\myApp\ and the images are
stored in c:\myApp\images\ then use:

string imageLocation = Application.ExecutablePath + \\images\\myimage.jpg;
HTH,
Jon
"Mark Allison" <ma***@no.tinned.meat.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eD*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Newbie here, please bear with me.

I have a C# project which implements a tree view control. I want to add
some images to this tree view control. The tree view control represents
the tree view found in Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager. So we
have Server Groups and Servers, in the tree view.

I want to create my own similar tree view and have an image representinga Server Group, and another image representing a Server. I have these
images as bitmaps in my file system. What is the best way of "managing"
these files? When I develop on my desktop, I reference them like this:

ImageList imgTreeNodes = new ImageList();
imgTreeNodes.TransparentColor = Color.White;
System.Drawing.Image imgServer = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local Files\VisualStudio Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\server.bmp ");
System.Drawing.Image imgServerGroup = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Local
Files\Visual Studio
Projects\SquealFind1.3\SquealFind\Icons\serverg roup.bmp");
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServerGroup);
imgTreeNodes.Images.Add(imgServer);
tvwServers.ImageList = imgTreeNodes;

However, when I copy my solution to the laptop, the directory structure
is different.

What's the best way of including the images in my solution, but
abstracting it from the file system?

--
Mark Allison, SQL Server MVP
http://www.markallison.co.uk

Looking for a SQL Server replication book?
http://www.nwsu.com/0974973602m.html