VB.Net: Dynamically Select Image from My.Resources

Question

I have a group of images in my My.Resources. I want to select select images to display dynamically at run time. How do I do this?

'Static (Compile time) Assignment
UltraPictureBox1.Image = my.Resources.zoo_picture_1

'Dynamic (Runtime) Assignment
UltraPictureBox1.Image = ???

score 43 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 31 '09 at 19:40

43

Found the solution:

UltraPictureBox1.Image = _
    My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(object_name_as_string)

edited Jul 31 '09 at 19:40

Eduardo Molteni

answered Jul 27 '09 at 21:37

Jeff

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Oh man they could have made the same code work in both situations! I mean, .NET is full of those things like "do not say it's "form1", call it "me" instead". They could simply have auto-correction or even better, compile the code in the same way. /rant – Camilo Martin Dec 10 '09 at 11:16

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '12 at 14:19

14

This works for me at runtime too:

UltraPictureBox1.Image = My.Resources.MyPicture

No strings involved and if I change the name it is automatically updated by refactoring.

answered Mar 31 '12 at 14:19

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered May 11 '11 at 14:38

7

Make sure you don't include extension of the resource, nor path to it. It's only the resource file name.

PictureBoxName.Image = My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("object_name")

answered May 11 '11 at 14:38

How would I differ between File.jpg and File.pdf, if I have these resources (same filename, different extension)? – Stefan Meyer Feb 01 '18 at 12:44

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 18 '13 at 11:00

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Dim resources As Object = My.Resources.ResourceManager
PictureBoxName.Image = resources.GetObject("Company_Logo")

edited Dec 18 '13 at 11:00

Taylan Aydinli

answered Dec 18 '13 at 10:30

Sravan.Sura

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 11:14

Sometimes you must change the name (or check to get it automatically from compiler).

Example:

Filename = amp2-rot.png

It is not working as:

PictureBoxName.Image = resources.GetObject("amp2-rot.png")

It works, just as amp2_rot for me:

 PictureBox_L1.Image = My.Resources.Resource.amp2_rot

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