Change PictureBox's image to image from my resources?

Question

How do I set a PictureBox image to an image from my resources?

(I tried this without success: pictuerbox.Image = \"img_location\";)

Answer 1

Ken has the right solution, but you don't want to add the picturebox.Image.Load() member method.

If you do it with a Load and the ImageLocation is not set, it will fail with a "Image Location must be set" exception. If you use the picturebox.Refresh() member method, it works without the exception.

Completed code below:

public void showAnimatedPictureBox(PictureBox thePicture)
{
            thePicture.Image = Properties.Resources.hamster;
            thePicture.Refresh();
            thePicture.Visible = true;
}

It is invoked as: showAnimatedPictureBox( myPictureBox );

My XAML looks like:

I realize this is an old post, but loading the image directly from a resource is was extremely unclear on Microsoft's site, and this was the (partial) solution I came to. Hope it helps someone!