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c#variablespictureboxstring-concatenation
Nicholas Mordecai
Nicholas Mordecai

Reputation: 899

Visual Basic 2010, Picturebox resource && Variable?

I've tried finding the solution but to no avail. I believe what i want is string concatenation...

I have a variable "pictureid=face2" in my resources folder i have a picture called "face2.jpg". On the form i have a picture box.

This is the code I cant get to work 

pictureBox1.Image = Properties.Resources.(pictureid + ".jpg");

Where am i going wrong? The error says there is an identifier expected.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2859

Answers (1)

user2040424
user2040424

Reputation:

Image expects an Image or a descendant thereof (Bitmap and Metafile objects), which you can use as you coded, if you add the image to your project resources (edit: I should clarify - to do this, go to Project > Properties > Resources tab and "Add Resource". Don't just drop it in the folder):

pictureBox1.Image = Properties.Resources.face2;

If you don't want to include the image in your project, you can use ImageLocation, which will accept a string rather than an object:

pictureBox1.ImageLocation = pictureid + ".jpg"; //assuming you include it in the same folder as the exe

You could also do something like this:

Image face2 = Image.FromFile(pictureid + ".jpg");
pictureBox1.Image = face2;

Upvotes: 1

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