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Thread: [RESOLVED] LoadPicture issue

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    Resolved [RESOLVED] LoadPicture issue

    How do I load a bitmap file into a picturebox?

    I thought I could do it using VB's LoadPicture like this

    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\MyPicture.bmp") but I get a Type Mismatch error and the & is highlighted.

    and if I use the CommonDialogue to open the file and I use

    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(.FileName) I also get a Type Mismatch error

    If I put the entire path in a variable....

    Dim PictureFilePath As String

    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(PictureFilePath) I get a ByRef argument type mismatch

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    Re: LoadPicture issue

    Add "Set".

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    Re: LoadPicture issue

    Set Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(...)

    doesn't change any of the errors

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    Re: LoadPicture issue

    OK, never mind, I found the reason

    I had a copy of the code from the user control placed in a .bas module. I was just saving it there for some reason that I have now forgot about. When I removed the module the LoadPicture worked

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    Re: [RESOLVED] LoadPicture issue

    Search your code for "LoadPicture". If you defined a Sub/function with that name, then VB would use it instead.

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    Re: [RESOLVED] LoadPicture issue

    You can also use VB.LoadPicture() instead of defaulting to the global namespace.

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