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What is the best way to deal with Image buttons?

Question asked by Edwin Thompson on Jul 22, 2016
Latest reply on Jul 26, 2016 by Amen Allah Jlili

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I have some image buttons on a form and am interested in how others have handled some of the issues:

1. What is the best way to "store" the image within the form? Currently I am loading a bitmap but these bitmaps need to be on a directory that is independent from the program. It would be nice if the images could be stored within the form. Is there a good way to do this?

2. What is the best method for dealing with image button images? There is an "up" image, a "down" image, and a "deactivated" image for each button.

3. Is there a better way of dealing with image buttons than to use "images"?

Thank you in advance.

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Christian Chu Jul 22, 2016 4:44 PM

are you writing an add-in or a macro

For add-in, you can actually embed the image into your program

For macro, you can break the link

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Amen Allah Jlili @ Christian Chu on Jul 22, 2016 8:01 PM

You can add them to your assembly resources folder and pull them whenever needed using the resource manager. More information here on MSDN: Retrieving Resources with the ResourceManager Class

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Edwin Thompson @ Christian Chu on Jul 25, 2016 7:34 PM

This is a stand alone exe when done. Please explain how to break the link. Thank you.

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Christian Chu @ Edwin Thompson on Jul 26, 2016 12:35 AM

Edwin,

If you are using .NET to write a standalone then you can embed the images into your program

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Edwin Thompson @ Christian Chu on Jul 26, 2016 4:03 AM

I am using VS2008 to write a VB.Net standalone. Where can the images be embed in the program?

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Amen Allah Jlili @ Edwin Thompson on Jul 26, 2016 7:59 AM

Hey Ed! Go to your project's properties and then click the resources tab to add images!

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Christian Chu Jul 22, 2016 4:44 PM
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are you writing an add-in or a macro
For add-in, you can actually embed the image into your program
For macro, you can break the link
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- Amen Allah Jlili @ Christian Chu on Jul 22, 2016 8:01 PM
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  You can add them to your assembly resources folder and pull them whenever needed using the resource manager. More information here on MSDN: Retrieving Resources with the ResourceManager Class
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- Edwin Thompson @ Christian Chu on Jul 25, 2016 7:34 PM
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  This is a stand alone exe when done. Please explain how to break the link. Thank you.
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  - Christian Chu @ Edwin Thompson on Jul 26, 2016 12:35 AM
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    Edwin,
    If you are using .NET to write a standalone then you can embed the images into your program
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    - Edwin Thompson @ Christian Chu on Jul 26, 2016 4:03 AM
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      I am using VS2008 to write a VB.Net standalone. Where can the images be embed in the program?
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      - Amen Allah Jlili @ Edwin Thompson on Jul 26, 2016 7:59 AM
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        Hey Ed! Go to your project's properties and then click the resources tab to add images!
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