Retreiving an embedded resource (bitmap) from a DLL

[Julia Beresford]

Hi Al

You can add a Bitmap to a VB class library and set it’s build action to embedded resource. How do you then get that image (i.e. load it into a PictureBox control) from another vb application knowing only the name of the DLL and of the Bitmap

Many thanks for any help with this

Julia Beresfor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

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You can add a Bitmap to a VB class library and set it’s build action to embedded resource. How do you then get that image (i.e. load it into a PictureBox control) from another vb application knowing only the name of the DLL and of the Bitmap?

I would provide a method in the class library that takes the ID and returns an 'Image'...

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[Mick Doherty]

Assuming you have a Dll with the Namespace MyDll and the embedded resource
MyBitmap.bmp resides in the class MyResources and there is a reference to
the dll in your project.

Picturebox.Image = New Bitmap(GetType(MyDll.MyResources), "Bitmap.bmp")

note that the resource name is cAse sEnstive. i.e. Mybitmap.bmp <>
Mybitmap.BMP
"Julia Beresford" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi All

You can add a Bitmap to a VB class library and set it's build action to embedded resource. How do you then get that image (i.e. load it into a
PictureBox control) from another vb application knowing only the name of the
DLL and of the Bitmap?
Many thanks for any help with this.

Julia Beresford

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