picturebox image path

[matt09524]

In ADO, the path to the database has to be exact be it in varible format or "C:\whatever\whatever.mdb". I was wondering if picture boxes are the same. Do I need to define in code where the image is "application.startuppath" or does the elipses use the app startup path?

[Nate Bross]

'this should default to the directory the application is in
PictureBox1.Image = New Bitmap("MyBitmap.bmp")

'if it doesn't work use this little function
Public Function AppPath() As String
       Return System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory()
End Function

[matt09524]

what if it's PNG?

[snarfblam]

If I were you then I would change the .bmp to .png.

 

Regardless of the image format, you still use the same Bitmap constructor and the behavior is the same.

[matt09524]

So,

 

mbpic.Image = New Bitmap("mb.png")

 

should work? I won't knwo for sure until I deploy the app and that won't be for a bit.

[snarfblam]

Or, you could just write some code and create a PNG and test it on your machine.

[matt09524]

... Yes. I could :) Being lazy is a curse I carry around in life.