Is this a bug or something just for me?

[wolfofthenorth]

I am having an interesting little problem, and I am wondering if anyone else has had a problem of this nature.

If I put a picturebox on a form, set the image property in the property window, the picture loads fine. When I run the app the picturebox and picture show beifly and then disappear.

If I set the picture from the load event (or somewhere else in code) everything works fine.

I am running XP. Does anyone else have this type of problem, or have any ideas of what may resolve this issue. I have reinstalled and that has had no effect.

Thanks for any ideas.

[MrPolite]

hmm, I have Windows XP too and I tried what you said. It works fine, doesnt disappear
Maybe if you posted a sample project people could help you better

[wolfofthenorth]

Just as I was about to post the project for you I found out what the problem was.

As I went to post the project files, I wanted to make sure it still wasn't working. It worked.

What happened is this... if I add a picturebox, set the image, and then run the app without saving the project, it won't work. If I save the project and then run the app it works.

This sounds kind of dumb, I didn't know I had to save the project before I ran it. I thought building the project would be enough. After all it saves the exe in the bin folder just by running it.

Thanks for the info and the help!

[brownga]

Sounds like something you could change in the IDE. I think it's called "Build & Run options" or something like that. Check under Tools | Options | Environment
You should be able to select something like a 'Save before Running' option.