How to reference image resources in XAML?

Question

I put an Image control on a Window and I would like to display an image that is stored in a project resource file named \"Resources.resx\". The name of the imag

Answer 1

If you've got an image in the Icons folder of your project and its build action is "Resource", you can refer to it like this:

That's the simplest way to do it. This is the only way I could figure doing it purely from the resource standpoint and no project files:

var resourceManager = new ResourceManager(typeof (Resources));
var bitmap = resourceManager.GetObject("Search") as System.Drawing.Bitmap;

var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
bitmap.Save(memoryStream, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
memoryStream.Position = 0;

var bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
bitmapImage.BeginInit();
bitmapImage.StreamSource = memoryStream;
bitmapImage.EndInit();

this.image1.Source = bitmapImage;