Image.Source Property
.NET Framework 4.5
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Gets or sets the ImageSource for the image.
Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
<object Source="imageUri"/>
For XAML information, see the ImageSource type.
XAML Values
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Media.ImageSourceThe source of the drawn image. The default value is null.
The following example demonstrates how to use the Source property.
Image myImage3 = new Image(); BitmapImage bi3 = new BitmapImage(); bi3.BeginInit(); bi3.UriSource = new Uri("smiley_stackpanel.PNG", UriKind.Relative); bi3.EndInit(); myImage3.Stretch = Stretch.Fill; myImage3.Source = bi3;
<Image Source="smiley_stackpanel.png" Stretch="Fill"/>
More Code
| How to: Use the Image Element | This example shows how to include images in an application by using the Image element. |
| How to: Use a Drawing as an Image Source | This example shows how to use a Drawing as the Source for an Image control. To display a Drawing with an Image control, use a DrawingImage as the Image control's Source and set the DrawingImage object's DrawingImage.Drawing property to the drawing you want to display. |
| How to: Crop an Image | This example shows how to crop an image using CroppedBitmap. |
| How to: Rotate an Image | This example shows how to rotate an image 90 degrees by using a Rotation property of a BitmapImage. |
| How to: Convert an Image to Greyscale | This example shows how to convert an image to grayscale using FormatConvertedBitmap. |
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