Embed bitmap into exe?

[Mike]

Is there a way to embed a bitmap into the exe file created by Visual Studio?
And then create a Bitmap object from it at runtime?

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

Yes. Add bitmap to the project and in its properties set Action to Embedded
Resource. Then at the runtime use:
Dim bm as new
Bitmap(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResource
Stream(strBitmapName))

Where strBitmapName is <Namespace>.<Bitmap file name>. Keep in mind that
strBitmapName is case-sensitive. If you are having troubles with figuring
out the exact bitmap name, enumerate the string array returned by
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames()

 

[Mike]

I added the bitmap to the project and set the Build Action to Embedded
Resource and that string is empty:

?
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames()
{Length=0}

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

I'm not at all sure it will work from the Command window. Do it from the
code

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I added the bitmap to the project and set the Build Action to Embedded
Resource and that string is empty:

?
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames()
{Length=0}

Yes. Add bitmap to the project and in its properties set Action to Embedded
Resource. Then at the runtime use:
Dim bm as new

Bitmap(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResource

Stream(strBitmapName))

Where strBitmapName is <Namespace>.<Bitmap file name>. Keep in mind that
strBitmapName is case-sensitive. If you are having troubles with figuring
out the exact bitmap name, enumerate the string array returned by

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceNames()