"steve" <ga630sf@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:eqjxabomGHA.4868@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi All
>
> When I set a buttons image to a image file in the properties window it
> seems to lock the file even if I clear the button image property in the
> properties window
>
> Sometimes I am editing the icon/bitmap and connect it to the button to see
> what it looks like
>
> Then I want to make further changes so I clear the image from the buttons
> image property, but when I edit and try to save the image file I get a
> message saying it is in use by another program
>
> I have to close the VB.net 2005 solution to free it up
>
>
> Any ideas
>
> Regards
> Steve
>

news:vvP3rgymGHA.5664@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for your post!
>
> Yes, I can reproduce out this issue in VS2005. After performing some
> research, I found that this is a known issue which has been reported by
> other customers in feedback center. Please refer to the link below for
> more
> information:
> "Images imported into VS2005 place a hard Lock on the original file"
> http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?Feedbac
> kID=122203
>
> Thanks for your reporting this issue. We can hope this issue to be fixed
> in
> next version of VS IDE.
>
> Based on your post, it seems that you want to edit the images on the disk
> and use the VS2005 designer to view the editing result, yes? If this is
> what you want, I recommend you use some professional image processing tool
> to edit it, such as "Paint" tool followed with Windows. Also, you have the
> choice of adding the image to the VS2005 as a normal file and then use
> "Resource Editor" to edit this image. Based on my test, by doing this,
> VS2005 resource editor will not lock the original file. I hope these
> workarounds meet your need.
>
> Thanks for your understanding.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Tan
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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