How to programmatically set the Image source

Question

When the Image's Source property is set the following way, the picture is taken from /Images/down.png.

How would I do the same thing programmatically?

<Image x:Name="myImg" Source="/MyProject;component/Images/down.png" />

The following would not work, since Image.Source property is not of a string type.

myImg.Source = "/MyProject;component/Images/down.png";

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/350027/setting-wpf-image-source-in-code — Kirill Polishchuk, Jun 28 '11 at 08:07
While Silverlight and WPF are similar in many ways, I wouldn't say this is a duplicate. Especially when it comes to resource location. — Kornelije Petak, Jun 28 '11 at 08:33

score 82 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:07

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Try this:

BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage(new Uri("/MyProject;component/Images/down.png", UriKind.Relative));

answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:07

Chris Grant

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Oh, so basically, it is the Uri class that does the conversion, depending on what is specified in a string. Didn't know that. – Kornelije Petak Jun 28 '11 at 08:38
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Then: myImg.Source = image; If you specify an absolute path, remember to set it to UriKind.Absolute. – Exel Gamboa Jun 25 '15 at 17:21

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '15 at 15:35

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myImg.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"component/Images/down.png", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));

Don't forget to set Build Action to "Content", and Copy to output directory to "Always".

answered Jan 13 '15 at 15:35

AnjumSKhan

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 11 '15 at 20:02

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Try to assign the image that way instead:

imgFavorito.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(base.BaseUri, @"/Assets/favorited.png"));

edited Dec 11 '15 at 20:02

Maxime Rouiller

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answered Dec 11 '15 at 18:23

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fady zarif · Answer 4 · 2015-10-20T21:07:53.603

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{yourImageName.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/LOGO.png"));}

LOGO refers to your image

Hoping to help anyone. :)

edited Oct 20 '15 at 21:07

answered Oct 04 '15 at 00:58

fady zarif

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 14 '13 at 14:43

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try this

PictureBox picture = new PictureBox
        {
            Name = "pictureBox",
            Size = new Size(100, 50),
            Location = new Point(14, 17),
            Image = Image.FromFile(@"c:\Images\test.jpg"),
            SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage
        };
p.Controls.Add(picture);

edited Aug 14 '13 at 14:43

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answered Aug 14 '13 at 14:23

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:08

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Use asp:image

<asp:Image id="Image1" runat="server"
           AlternateText="Image text"
           ImageAlign="left"
           ImageUrl="images/image1.jpg"/>

and codebehind to change image url

Image1.ImageUrl = "/MyProject;component/Images/down.png";

answered Jun 28 '11 at 08:08

ChrisBint

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Note that the tag for the question says Silverlight. I am not doing anything in ASP. But thanks for the reply, anyway. – Kornelije Petak Jun 28 '11 at 08:28

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