how do you load a bitmapimage in wpf?

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In a silverlight app, I have a BitmapImage defined as System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage and it as a method called "SetSource" where I can set the source like this:

	BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage(); 
	System.IO.Stream stream = _scene.GetStream(); 
	if (stream == null) return; 
	bitmap.SetSource(stream);

In a WPF application I have also have a Bitmap image defined as System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage but there is no SetSource method. How do I set the source in a WPF app like I do in a Silverlight app?

Also, it is a stream, not a string. It is not a URI. so "UriSource" method does not work. I tried this:

 	System.IO.Stream stream = _scene.GetStream(); 
        if (stream == null) return; 
        BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage(); 
 
        bitmap.UriSource = new Uri(stream.ToString());

And at runtime, it threw an error tha URI cannot be determined. Is the URI an identifier for the intranet? Are you sure that this is not a silverlight thing? I am doing a WPF application

 

[Whatsisname]

are you trying to do this in code or in XAML?

 

[PTNL]

Where is the image stored? Is it a resource? If so, how is it setup?


Edit:

And at runtime, it threw an error tha URI cannot be determined. Is the URI an identifier for the intranet? Are you sure that this is not a silverlight thing? I am doing a WPF application

Think of it more like a "just within your assembly-only" resource path. The file needs to be tagged with a Build Action of "Resource". The paths look something like this:

pack://application:,,,/AssemblyName;component/AnyOptionalFolderStructuresInYourProject/logo.png