Images to show when running app

[Corinne]

OK - I give up. How do I get the images that I have placed in pictureboxes to show up at runtime? All I'm trying to do here is load a splash screen with 2 images on it. I have placed pictureboxes on other forms in other apps and they work just fine. It seems like I have something set incorrectly somewhere but I'm unsure of where to look. I've already gone over all of the properties between the pictureboxes (between the app that shows the images and the app that doesn't) and they are set the same. Is my next move to just delete the form and start over?

Thanks,
Corinne

[nemaroller]

don't know without seeing your code and besides, I don't use pictureboxes often

... for a splash screen, I would just get the graphics object of the form... and use graphics.DrawImage() ....

[Corinne]

I haven't done any of this in code. I set the picturebox by the properties.

Could you elaborate on using graphics.DrawImage()?

Thanks,
Corinne

[MrPolite]

hmm either you're doing somethign wrong in the code or it's just VB that's messed up...
umm does the image show up in the form designer (When you are designing the form?)
I think it happened to me once when VB didnt save the image correctly or somethign and it wasn't showing up (I think it has to save it as a resource..) anyways try deleting the form!

umm DrawImage?it's really easy just search the forums
hehe just to get you started:
in your form's paint event, look at e.Graphics.DrawImage... intellisense pretty much tells you how to use it.

I still think a picturebox is easier, because if you want to use DrawImage, you would have to load the image from a file, which means that you have to put an image file in your application folder. You could convert it to a resource, but I think that's even more trouble so just delete the form/picturebox and try again, see what happens

uhh I wrote so much without helping yuo at all

[nemaroller]

Really though, in the spirit of efficiency, don't use a picturebox control.... if it is just for a splash form... which won't be resized, or the image won't be changed... just draw the image on the form.

As MrPolite pointed out, you will need to embed the image as resource in your project. That's very simple:

1) Right-click your project in the Solution explorer
2) Add Existing item...
3) Change the file types to 'all files' in the dialog box that appears.
4) Select your image

5) Find your newly added image in the solution explorer, right-click.. properties..

6) Change build action from Content to embedded resource.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by nemaroller
Really though, in the spirit of efficiency, don't use a picturebox control.... if it is just for a splash form... which won't be resized, or the image won't be changed... just draw the image on the form.

what is oyur problem! just kidding

umm efficiency? why would it matter? I mean does it make a big difference?

[Edneeis]

I'd say split the difference and just set the form's background image to the image then you don't need a picturebox or Drawimage.

[nemaroller]

All I'm trying to do here is load a splash screen with 2 images on it

[Corinne]

Thanks to all of you. I did add the image in the solution explorer and set the build to embedded resource. Everything works fine now.

Thanks again,
Corinne