Stream and embedded bitmap

[Eric Sabine]

I am trying to roll my own control and am a bit stuck with the bitmap.

Private myBmp As Bitmap

Public Sub New()
Dim myStream As System.IO.Stream
myStream =
Me.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("b utton1.bmp") /* <-- this
resolves to Nothing, not System.Drawing.Bitmap */
myBmp = New Bitmap(myStream )
End Sub

In my solution's project I have a bitmap called button1.bmp with a build
action of Embedded Resource. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? the code and
the bitmap name are spelled the same.

Thanks,
Eric

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Eric Sabine" <mo*****@hyottmail.com> scripsit:

I am trying to roll my own control and am a bit stuck with the bitmap.

Private myBmp As Bitmap

Public Sub New()
Dim myStream As System.IO.Stream
myStream =
Me.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("b utton1.bmp") /* <-- this
resolves to Nothing, not System.Drawing.Bitmap */
myBmp = New Bitmap(myStream )
End Sub

In my solution's project I have a bitmap called button1.bmp with a build
action of Embedded Resource. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? the code and
the bitmap name are spelled the same.

Add the name of the root namespace in front of the filename
('GetManifestResourceStream("WindowsApplication1.b utton1.bmp")').
Notice that you don't need to add that to the filename!

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

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[Eric Sabine]

Perfect! Very interesting too!

Thanks
Eric
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* "Eric Sabine" <mo*****@hyottmail.com> scripsit:

I am trying to roll my own control and am a bit stuck with the bitmap.

Private myBmp As Bitmap

Public Sub New()
Dim myStream As System.IO.Stream
myStream =
Me.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("b utton1.bmp") /* <-- this resolves to Nothing, not System.Drawing.Bitmap */
myBmp = New Bitmap(myStream )
End Sub

In my solution's project I have a bitmap called button1.bmp with a build
action of Embedded Resource. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? the code and the bitmap name are spelled the same.

Add the name of the root namespace in front of the filename
('GetManifestResourceStream("WindowsApplication1.b utton1.bmp")').
Notice that you don't need to add that to the filename!

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

<http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html>