PictureBox.Image Property (System.Windows.Forms)

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PictureBox.Image Property

Gets or sets the image that is displayed by PictureBox.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property Image As Image
C#
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public Image Image { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property Image^ Image {
	Image^ get ();
	void set (Image^ value);
}
F#
[<BindableAttribute(true)>]
member Image : Image with get, set

Property Value

Type: System.Drawing.Image
The Image to display.
Remarks

The Image property is set to the Image to display. You can do this either at design time or at run time.

Note Note

If you want to use the same image in multiple PictureBox controls, create a clone of the image for each PictureBox. Accessing the same image from multiple controls causes an exception to occur.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to create a bitmap at runtime and display it in a PictureBox by setting the Image property. To run this example, paste it into a Windows Form and call CreateBitmapAtRuntime from the form's constructor.

Visual Basic

Private pictureBox1 As New PictureBox()

Public Sub CreateBitmapAtRuntime() 
    pictureBox1.Size = New Size(210, 110)
    Me.Controls.Add(pictureBox1)


    Dim flag As New Bitmap(200, 100)
    Dim flagGraphics As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(flag)
    Dim red As Integer = 0
    Dim white As Integer = 11
    While white <= 100
        flagGraphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, 0, red, 200, 10)
        flagGraphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.White, 0, white, 200, 10)
        red += 20
        white += 20
    End While
    pictureBox1.Image = flag

End Sub 


C#

PictureBox pictureBox1 = new PictureBox();
public void CreateBitmapAtRuntime()
{
    pictureBox1.Size = new Size(210, 110);
    this.Controls.Add(pictureBox1);

    Bitmap flag = new Bitmap(200, 100);
    Graphics flagGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(flag);
    int red = 0;
    int white = 11;
    while (white <= 100) {
        flagGraphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Red, 0, red, 200,10);
        flagGraphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.White, 0, white, 200, 10);
        red += 20;
        white += 20;
    }
    pictureBox1.Image = flag;

}


Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

Reference

Community Content

Mike_embedded
I have had a LOT of trouble assigning this attribute.
Yes, an example here of assigning an image to a Picturebox, in various static and dynamic contexts would help.

Mike

M. David Johnson
C++
Where's the C++ example?