Re: Specify path to Icon file in XAML - WPF Discussion Boards

5-Oct-09 7:24

Hi there

Can anyone perhaps tell me how to specify, in XAML, a path to an image that is not added as a resource, but instead in an "Icons" folder within the "Bin" folder?
For instance, I've got a button, and I want to display an icon on this button. This is easy when adding the icon files as resources (Right-click >> Add Existing Item) because I can then simply set the Source property to a specific icon file that I added, but I need to do this the other way because when creating a Setup project all files used by my application needs to be in the folder relative to where the EXE is, which is the Bin folder

Thanks in advance

Pete O'Hanlon5-Oct-09 10:49

5-Oct-09 10:49

You can find the StartupPath if you follow the directions in my post here[^]. You could then do something like the following:

private void AssignImage(string fileName)
{
  string path = Path.Combine(Utility.StartupPath, "Icons");
  string file = Path.Combine(path, fileName);
  myImage.BeginInit();
  myImage.Source = new BitmapImage(file);
  myImage.EndInit();
}

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Etienne_1236-Oct-09 3:42

6-Oct-09 3:42

Thanks, this might work. But I'd have to go and do this for each and every one of my icons that I use, which is quite a lot. Isn't there an easy way to just specify the icon path in the XAML? I tried using Pack URI's but I had no luck

Pete O'Hanlon6-Oct-09 4:41

6-Oct-09 4:41

There's no reason you couldn't convert this logic into an attached property and attach it that way.

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Etienne_1236-Oct-09 5:34

6-Oct-09 5:34

The main reason I want to do this is because I want to move my Icons folder to the Bin folder. All icons I use are stored in this folder. I want to move it to the Bin folder because this makes things easier when creating a setup project, and I don't know of any other way. So how would one normally go about creating a Setup project for an application that uses icons? Almost all apps use them, and don't tell me all developers have to follow this approach that you're telling me to take now?

Pete O'Hanlon6-Oct-09 11:11

6-Oct-09 11:11

Why aren't you applying them as resources then? These are embedded in the exe, so don't need to be added to your setup project. I don't see what benefit you've got keeping them external to the application.

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Etienne_1236-Oct-09 11:33

6-Oct-09 11:33

Well that's what I'm doing, but for some or other reason my app crashes when I install and run it. It runs fine when I take out all the icons, that's why I thought it might be the icons' path. Can it be something else then?

Pete O'Hanlon6-Oct-09 11:38

6-Oct-09 11:38

Without seeing what you're doing with the images, it's hard to say. I use inline images regularly with no problems - what format are they, and why not try creating an app with one of your images in? Install the app, and see if it crashes - it may be that there is a problem with just one of these images, and I'd isolate the problem first.

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Etienne_1239-Oct-09 22:44