Loading image from file

[Malfunction]

// Create a Bitmap object from a file.

Bitmap myBitmap = new Bitmap("Grapes.jpg");

 

Got that from the MSDN helpfile to load an image.

 

But I get a runtime error about a wrong path. First I only placed the file into the folder and then imported it into the project making it an embedded resource. Still doesn't work.

[PlausiblyDamp]

Is it in the same folder as the executable? If you are using visual studio the .exe is found in a sub folder of the solution (Debug\bin or Release\bin).

[Malfunction]

Thx that did it.....

 

So how am I gonna load it dynmically. E.g. I let the user choose a picture through the filedialog. I'll have the absolute path then but using the absolute path in my example doesn't work. I could live with copying the file into an images folder of my application but then again it's not in the same directory as the executable.

[TechnoTone]

...using the absolute path in my example doesn't work.

Why not? It should do.

[Illusion]

Just make sure its in the string ...

 

Bitmap myBitmap = new Bitmap("C:\Grapes.jpg");

 

VB code:

dim path as string

picturebox.image = new Bitmap(path)

 

should work fine.