Need Help loading an Embedded Bitmap Object.

[NipsMG]

The name of my project is DXTest (DXTest is the root namespace).

I have a folder under my project called Bitmaps, with a subfolder called Title, containing a title.jpg.

Title.jpg is an embedded resource.

I am converting a project that is in C# code to try to load this embedded file into a bitmap object.

The code is as follows:

'NOTE: Resource is a string containing "DXTest.Bitmaps.Title.title.jpg"

sourceBitmap = New Bitmap(GetType().Module.Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(Resource))

The problem is, gettype().xxxxx is not allowed. I have tried me.GetType.Module.etc etc etc, but I always come back with a "null stream" error.

I *may* be approaching this totally wrong, as I have no C# experience, but I've had good luck converting the other 99.99999% of the project thus far.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

--NipsMG s-)

 

[NipsMG]

OK, I've gotten so far as loading a bitmap stored directly under the project.

My problem is now, trying to load a bitmap stored in a folder under my project.

sourceBitmap = new Bitmap(me.GetType().Module.Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(Me.GetType().Assembly.Namespace & ".title.jpg"))

is sufficient to load title.jpg residing directly under my project.

Now, from what I've read, I should be able to access a file in a folder called Bitmaps\Title under my project by extemding ".title.jpg" to ".Bitmaps.Title.title.jpg"

However, I have not gotten this to work.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

--NipsMG

 

[mHos]

If your .jpg is an embedded resource then you should just be able to do ( should work for icons too)

sourceBitmap = new Bitmap(me.getType(), "title.jpg&quot

you need to make sure that the title.jpg is spelled exactly correct or else it won't find it.

if it isn't an embedded resourc then you should be able to do

source bitmap = new bitmap(filename)
(where filename look something like "c:\ myproject\bitmaps\title.jpg&quot

Hope that this helps.

 

[NipsMG]

I had read some previous articles on loading embedded bitmaps, and if the bitmap was in a folder under the project, you had to specify the folder name. Now, it seems you no longer need to do that in vs2k3.

Thanks for your help.

--NipsMG