Quick Question - Assigning Icon

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 6, 2014 at 2:24am

The easiest way is to embed an image (png file format if at all possible) in the resources of the assembly. Then you can access it via:

return MyAssemblyName.Properties.Resources.ImageFileName;

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David Rutten

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Permalink Reply by Digit on February 6, 2014 at 3:13am

hum..

I create new folder (named Resources) in the Properties folder and embed my .png file to there.

But... as you can see, there is error 

"missing a using directive or an assembly reference~" hum... I don't know why (T^T) help..

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 6, 2014 at 3:29am

Do not create the folder yourself. In fact, delete the folder and put the png file in a folder called Images or Icons or Graphics or something.

Then go into your project properties (the little spanner icon in the Project browser). In here, make sure you have resources and add the png file. Visual Studio will create the resources file you need.

I agree it would be nice to be able to access files directly on the disc from within code, but it doesn't work.

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David Rutten

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