Picture Box image suddenly cannot show?

[toyumail]

An all new solution/project. A simple windows application form with only a picture box, then i select the image property from the properties window and select an image. Ok, I can see the image in the design, but when i try to run this form, the picture box's image can't show at all (this also happen for the Panel control Background image).

 

And the strangest thing is i'm very SURE these simple tasks were running fine just a few days before. But why suddenly this simplest thing on earth cannot work?? :confused: Did i set something in the environment? A virus attack? Or is it a DotNet bug? Just frustrating! :confused: :confused: Please Help!

[Nerseus]

Make sure your project is saving the resx file (if you're using C#, click "Show All Files" in the Solution Explorer to see the resx file below the form's cs file).

 

That's the only thing I can think of if everything else is created from a default project with no other tweaks. Do you get an exception, or just no picture?

 

You might also try loading the image at runtime to see if that works - just as a test. In Form_Load, put something like:

imgTest.Image = Bitmap.FromFile(@"c:\temp\image.bmp");

 

If that works, then you likely have something wrong with the resx file(s). Not sure what the cause would be, but at least it's a start.

 

-ner

[DiverDan]

This has happened to me also...I found that rebuilding the project fixed the lost image problem.

Dan

[toyumail]

Thanks. Finally got it. I need to save that form with the picture box first then run, the image will be shown. But after that when I change to another image or add another picturebox, I'll need to save the form again before i run the project.

 

Nerseus: There is no exception, just no image shown on the form. Tried to load the image at runtime and it works. Might be the resource file not saved correctly until I save the form, not sure :confused:

 

DiverDan: Thanks, finally have someone who've faced the same problem with me. :-\