C# WPF Path in XAML to use when loading files into resource dictionary

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I have the following resource dictionary in my xaml code and I'd like to shorten the path so its not the entire directory. What is the correct way to specify this folder without having to spell out the entire file structure?

<UserControl.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <BitmapImage x:Key="1" UriSource="C:/Users/Nick/Documents/Software/i Ching/iChing/iChing/Hexagram Images/1.jpg"/>
        <BitmapImage x:Key="2" UriSource="C:/Users/Nick/Documents/Software/i Ching/iChing/iChing/Hexagram Images/2.jpg"/>
        <BitmapImage x:Key="3" UriSource="C:/Users/Nick/Documents/Software/i Ching/iChing/iChing/Hexagram Images/3.jpg"/>
        <BitmapImage x:Key="4" UriSource="C:/Users/Nick/Documents/Software/i Ching/iChing/iChing/Hexagram Images/4.jpg"/>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>

lukbl · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-12 22:34:30Z

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You can use BaseUri property of BitmapImage

<BitmapImage x:Key="1" BaseUri="{x:Static local:GlobalPaths.BasePath}"  UriSource="1.jpg"/>


public class GlobalPaths
{
   public static readonly Uri BasePath = new Uri(@"C:/Users/Nick/Documents/Software/i Ching/iChing/iChing/Hexagram Images/");
}

Or you could set path for each file like this:

<BitmapImage x:Key="1" UriSource="{x:Static local:GlobalPaths.File1}"/>

..Or set path relative to assembly using siteoforigin if that is an option. This is an example how it would look like if there was a file "1.jpg" in the same folder as application exe:

<BitmapImage x:Key="1"   UriSource="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/1.jpg"/>

answered Nov 12, 2016 at 22:34

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Виталий Белоусов · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-13 00:16:04Z

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I think the proper way is to add them to your solution in separate folder. Set in properties build action Resource

answered Nov 13, 2016 at 0:16

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