How do I put an image into my picturebox using ImageLocation

Question

I have created a picturebox within my panel and I would like to fill it up with an image locally   this is what I have done so far and the following code is just a small part of my panel creation code   PictureBox picture   new PictureBox                       Name    pictureBox               Size   new Size 100  50               Location   new Point 14  17                     p Controls Add picture           picture ImageLocation        Image 1 jpg     It does works but not fully as after I have launch my c  windows form application  it jus show a small white box with a red cross in the middle instead of the image  Any idea how to solve it

User · Answer

if you provide a bad path or a broken link, if the compiler cannot find the image, the picture box would display an X icon on its body.

PictureBox picture = new PictureBox
        {
            Name = "pictureBox",
            Size = new Size(100, 50),
            Location = new Point(14, 17),
            Image = Image.FromFile(@"c:\Images\test.jpg"),
            SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage
        };
p.Controls.Add(picture);

OR

PictureBox picture = new PictureBox
        {
            Name = "pictureBox",
            Size = new Size(100, 50),
            Location = new Point(14, 17),
            ImageLocation = @"c:\Images\test.jpg",
            SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage
        };
p.Controls.Add(picture);

i'm not sure where you put images in your folder structure but you can find the path as bellow

 picture.ImageLocation = Path.Combine(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath, "Resources\Images\1.jpg");

User · Answer

Setting the image using picture ImageLocation   works fine  but you are using a relative path   Check your path against the location of the  exe after it is built   For example  if your  exe is located at    lt project folder gt  bin Debug app exe  The image would have to be at    lt project folder gt  bin Image 1 jpg    Of course  you could just set the image at design-time  the Image property on the PictureBox property sheet    If you must set it at run-time  one way to make sure you know the location of the image is to add the image file to your project   For example  add a new folder to your project  name it Image   Right-click the folder  choose  Add existing item  and browse to your image  be sure the file filter is set to show image files    After adding the image  in the property sheet set the Copy to Output Directory to Copy if newer   At this point the image file will be copied when you build the application and you can use   picture ImageLocation     Image 1 jpg

[c#] How do I put an image into my picturebox using ImageLocation?

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