RESOLVED [VB2010] Set a image depending from a String value

[phil2000]

I have about 100 little images (A1, A2,..., B1, B2,....) in Project/Resources

My goal is to set a PicturBox.Image depending from the value of a MyImage as String variable.

Obviously I can do:

Select Case MyImage

Case "A1"
  PictureBox.Image = My.Resources.A1

Case "A2"
  PictureBox.Image = My.Resources.A2

...................................

but this mean to make a Select Case of 100 items....

Question: is there a way to set directly the image from MyString, something like:

PictureBox.Image = My.Resources.MyString ??

Ty

[paulg4ije]

I haven't tried it, but a quick Google search suggests something like this should work:

My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(MyImage)

[.paul.]

try this:

PictureBox1.Image = DirectCast(My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(MyImage), Bitmap)

[.paul.]

@paulg4ije...

you nearly beat me there

My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(MyImage) returns an object and needs to be cast to either bitmap or image

[paulg4ije]

@paulg4ije...

you nearly beat me there

My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(MyImage) returns an object and needs to be cast to either bitmap or image

Sounds good to me

[phil2000]

try this:

PictureBox1.Image = DirectCast(My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(MyImage), Bitmap)

It works perfectly!!

Ty