ImageSource as a Resource

Hey guys,

I wanted to store an image as a resource. Under the Feb 2006 I had this:

<ImageSource x:Key="Image_RedBall">pack://application:,,,/Images/bullet_ball_glass_red.png</ImageSource>

Which worked fine. I could then use "{StaticResource Image_RedBall}" in any property that needed an image source.

However in the WinFX Beta2, this XAML snippet does not work (there's no public constructor blah blah blah).

How would I go about accomplishing the same thing under the new beta 2, without hardcoding the pack:// URIs everywhere that needs an image source

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ImageSource as a Resource

Dejjan

Thanks for the reply Thomas,

I have this:

<Application.Resources>
<ImageSource x:Key="Image_RedBall">pack://application:,,,/Images/bullet_ball_glass_red.png</ImageSource>
<Application.Resources>

There are no errors when I try to compile, however when the application runs, it crashes. If I open the Application.xaml file in the Cider designer, I recieve this error:

Error 1 Type 'System.Windows.Media.ImageSource' does not have a parameterless constructor that is accessible by the assembly that contains the Xaml derived code and thus cannot be constructed via XAML. D:\Projects\Trial Balance\Source Code\PaulStovell.TrialBalance.StudentEdition\Application.xaml 78 6 PaulStovell.TrialBalance.StudentEdition

This isn't limited to my PC as someone else reported to me that the code wasn't working.
rwiegel

This works fine for me:

<Grid>

<Grid.Resources>

<ImageSource x:Key="MyImage">pack://application:,,,/Images/WinFX.jpg</ImageSource>

</Grid.Resources>

<Button HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" >

<Image Source="{StaticResource MyImage}" />

</Button>

</Grid>
Lesley-Ann Vaughan

Hi Thomas,

It turns out my problem wasn't so much the image, but trying to use it as an Icon for a Window. When I removed that, it all ran smoothly. This is curious because it worked on Beta 3.

I still get errors from the Cyder designer about the public constructor, but I'll ignore that for now.

Thanks!
ImageSource as a Resource

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