Error String cannot be converted to System.Drawing Image 1

[WomanPro]

Hello everyone

I have included 6 png files to my.Resources project and I am trying to load them into an image array at runtime.
But without effect, I am getting Error String cannot be converted to System.Drawing Image

Dim Pics(6) As Image
Dim str As String

For i = 0 To Pics.Length - 1
str = "my.Resources.Pic" & i + 1
[highlight #EF2929]Pics(i) = str[/highlight]
Next

I understand that I cannot assing a string value to an image type array. But I have to do it someway and I dodn't know the way to assign the value. The names resources' pictrures are Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4, Pic5, Pic6 and I wouldn't like to do it without a loop statement. Althoug everytime the value of each array element is different Pic1, Pic2 etc... (it's just different from the last character) what about if I had 50 images? I am a little bit confused. Please any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks everybody
in advanced.

 

[RandyRiegel]

You want something like this:

        Dim Pics(6) As Image
        Dim str As String

        For i = 0 To Pics.Length - 1

            Pics(i) = CType(My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("Image" + i.ToString), System.Drawing.Image)

        Next()

The above will load Image0, Image1, etc. from the resource file.
Hope this helps.

 

[WomanPro]

Thank you so much RandyRiegel but if run it step by step each array element pics(i) is equal to nothing

 

[WomanPro]

worked as
pics(i) = My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("Image" + i.ToString)

Thank you so much