WPF setting a MenuItem.Icon in code

Question

I have an images folder with a png in it. I would like to set a MenuItem\'s icon to that png. How do I write this in procedural code?

Answer 1

menutItem.Icon = new System.Windows.Controls.Image 
       { 
           Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("images/sample.png", UriKind.Relative)) 
       };

Answer 2

This is how I used it (this way it dont need to be built into the assembly):

MenuItem item = new MenuItem();
string imagePath = "D:\\Images\\Icon.png");
Image icon = new Image();
icon.Source= new BitmapImage(new Uri(imagePath, UriKind.Absolute));
item.Icon = icon;