How do you set Image.Source in Silverlight(Code behind)

Question

I am dynamically generating an image through code-behind in Silverlight and apparently the image source doesn\'t accept a string or Uri as a path.

How can I set the

Answer 1

// create a new image
Image image = new Image();

// better to keep this in a global config singleton
string hostName = Application.Current.Host.Source.Host;                   
if (Application.Current.Host.Source.Port != 80)
    hostName += ":" + Application.Current.Host.Source.Port;

// set the image source
image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("http://" + hostName + "/image111.jpg", UriKind.Absolute));