Regarding the usage of resource file in VB.NET

[ganeshs]

Hi,

i want to know how to store a icons and images in a resource file. Also the method to load it from there and display it in picturebox in vb.net.

Thanks,
Ganesh

[Grimfort]

Here something I knocked up to control getting them out easily.

'Somewhere public
Friend MyResFile As New Resources.ResourceManager("resMyResFile", GetType(modNameOfModuleDeclaredIn).Assembly)
 
        Friend Function LoadResString(ByVal ResourceNumber As Integer) As String
 
            Dim strReturn As String
 
            strReturn = MyResFile.GetString(ResourceNumber.ToString)
            If strReturn Is Nothing Then
                strReturn = ""
            End If
            Return strReturn
 
        End Function
 
        Friend Function LoadResPicture(ByVal ResourceString As String) As System.Drawing.Image
            Return CType(MyResFile.GetObject(ResourceString), System.Drawing.Image)
        End Function

[kleinma]

if you are using VB.NET 2005, they have made it much easier to use resource files by way of the My namespace...

Say you added an image to your project as a resource, and the image was of a house, which you gave the label "HOUSE" you would access it in code like

picturebox1.Image = my.Resources.HOUSE

[ganeshs]

Hi,

Thanks for your replies.
whether is it possible to assign a id to each icon or image in resource file and whether we can get the image or icon using that id in VB.NET.

Thanks,
Ganesh

[kleinma]

Are you using VB 2005?

[ganeshs]

yes i am using VS2005.

[kleinma]

then you can do it just how I said in post #3