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Bilal Ahmed
Bilal Ahmed

Reputation: 87

Bind Images With System Folder Path in XAML/C#

I am developing an application in XAML/C#, where path of the image in stored in the list. The path contains spaces because it is the path of the file with in the computer C Drive. I am unable to bind it. I tried using 

<Image Name="ImageOffer">
                            <Image.Source>
                                <BitmapImage UriSource="{Binding ImagePath}" />
                            </Image.Source>
                        </Image>

Can anyone tell me the way of binding images from outside folder of application in XAML. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2955

Answers (1)

Farhan Ghumra
Farhan Ghumra

Reputation: 15296

You can't bind image from ANY location. WinRT has sandboxed environment, so you can bind image from known locations only like libraries, local folder, asset folder.

public class ViewModel
{
    public string ImagePath { get; set; }

    public ImageSource ImgSource
    {
         get
         {
            return new BitmapImage(new Uri("ms-appx:///" + this.ImagePath));
         }
    }
}

<Image Source="{Binding ImgSource}" />

Please note to access files stored inside the application package use the ms-appx: scheme & to access files stored in the application state, use the ms-appdata: scheme. Application state may be stored in a local folder, a roaming folder, or a temp folder.

Some more resources.

How to load file resources (Windows Store apps using C#/VB/C++ and XAML)

Handling binding between WinRT Image control and ViewModel for local file system images

Upvotes: 3

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