Use of resource images

[Samuel]

Hi

I added a Resource file to my application then I added 2 images to this file

I made sure to set the set the Build Option of the images to 'Embedded
Resource'

But I still can't find them

I tried the following 2 methods

1. Dim rm As New Resources.ResourceManager("Images", _
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
Dim bmUK As Bitmap = CType(rm.GetObject("UKFlag.bmp"), Image)

The error I get is that the application can't find this image
The name of the Resource file is Images

Method 2
Dim bmAmazonUK As Bitmap = New Bitmap(
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Ge tManifestResourceStream("UKFlag.bmp"))
'

Any advice will be appreciated

Thank you,
Samuel

[Samuel]

The second method now works,

I qualify the name of the image with the namespace
"Samuel" <sa************@ntlworld.comwrote in message
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Hi

I added a Resource file to my application then I added 2 images to this
file

I made sure to set the set the Build Option of the images to 'Embedded
Resource'

But I still can't find them

I tried the following 2 methods

1. Dim rm As New Resources.ResourceManager("Images", _
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())
Dim bmUK As Bitmap = CType(rm.GetObject("UKFlag.bmp"), Image)

The error I get is that the application can't find this image
The name of the Resource file is Images

Method 2
Dim bmAmazonUK As Bitmap = New Bitmap(

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Ge tManifestResourceStream("UKFlag.bmp"))
'

Any advice will be appreciated

Thank you,
Samuel

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Samuel" <sa************@ntlworld.comschrieb:

I added a Resource file to my application then I added 2 images to this
file

I made sure to set the set the Build Option of the images to 'Embedded
Resource'

But I still can't find them

If you are using VB 2005/2008, you can access the resource via
'My.Resources.<resource name>'. The advantage of this method is that access
to resources is bound at compile time and thus type-checked.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Samuel]

Thanks
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.atwrote in message
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"Samuel" <sa************@ntlworld.comschrieb:

>I added a Resource file to my application then I added 2 images to this
file

I made sure to set the set the Build Option of the images to 'Embedded
Resource'

But I still can't find them

If you are using VB 2005/2008, you can access the resource via
'My.Resources.<resource name>'. The advantage of this method is that
access to resources is bound at compile time and thus type-checked.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>