Problem with System.Drawing.Bitmap()

3 Jul 2009 6:09 AM

Anthony P.

Hello Everyone,

In my form_load() method, I have the following code:

sPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( _
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName
().CodeBase())

PictureBox1.Image = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(sPath & "\data\pic-
logo.gif")

Pretty simple code that is supposed to load the pic-logo.gif stored in
the Application's directory\data into a picture box on the form.

So, let's say my sPath is set to C:\MyDirectory. So, the pic should be
pulled from C:\MyDirectory\data\pic-logo.gif, right? Nope!

For some reason, the system is placing \ in front of the path name.
So, my call is actually coming out as \C:\MyDirectory\Data\pic-
logo.gif.

I've even tried hard coding the path into the call and it STILL is
putting a \ in front of the path.

Any idea what might be going on here?

Thank You!
Anthony

3 Jul 2009 8:56 AM

Onur_Güzel

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On Jul 3, 9:09 am, "Anthony P." <papill***@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> In my form_load() method, I have the following code:
>
> sPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( _
> System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()..GetName
> ().CodeBase())
>
> PictureBox1.Image = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(sPath & "\data\pic-
> logo.gif")
>
> Pretty simple code that is supposed to load the pic-logo.gif stored in
> the Application's directory\data into a picture box on the form.
>
> So, let's say my sPath is set to C:\MyDirectory. So, the pic should be
> pulled from C:\MyDirectory\data\pic-logo.gif, right? Nope!
>
> For some reason, the system is placing \ in front of the path name.
> So, my call is actually coming out as \C:\MyDirectory\Data\pic-
> logo.gif.
>
> I've even tried hard coding the path into the call and it STILL is
> putting a \ in front of the path.
>
> Any idea what might be going on here?
>
> Thank You!
> Anthony

Hi,

Try using "Application.StartupPath" and combine it with your trailing
path.

Like:

' If i remember correct...
Dim sPath As String
sPath = Applicaton.StartupPath & "\data\pic-logo.gif"

Application.StartupPath will locate the path wherever your applicaton
resides on.

Hope it solves,

Onur Guzel

3 Jul 2009 7:24 PM

Anthony Papillion

> Application.StartupPath will locate the path wherever your applicaton
> resides on.
>
> Hope it solves,
>
> Onur Guzel- Hide quoted text -

Hi Onur,

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, that didn't solve it. It's
kind of odd because the code I showed above actually pointed to the
right place. The problem was that the system was adding a back slash
to the path before the pathname. So let's say my path was C:\Program
Files\MyProgram\Data\logo.gif, the system was reading it as \C:
\Program Files\MyProgram\Data\logo.gif. It was almost like it was
expecting a UNC.

Ultimately, I simply removed the code and hard coded a location.
Obviously, that won't work for deployment though so I do need to solve
this. It's REALLY got me baffled!

Anthony