Regarding the usage of resource file in VB.NET

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

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

VB Code:

'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

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

VB Code:

picturebox1.Image = my.Resources.HOUSE

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

Are you using VB 2005?

yes i am using VS2005.

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