Accessing binary resources in code

Accessing binary resources in XAML is very simple, but there is an option to read a binary resource from the code behind. In this recipe, we will learn how to read a binary resource in code and set it in the UI. We will be using an image as an example.

Getting ready

Open your Visual Studio IDE. Let's begin with creating a new WPF project called CH07.BinaryResourceFromCodeDemo.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to read an image file, embedded as a Resource, and display it in the UI:

1. First, create a folder named Images inside the project and add an image inside it. Let's name the image image1.png.
2. Open the MainWindow.xaml file by navigating to Solution Explorer.
3. Add an image tag inside the Grid panel and name it img:

<Grid> 
    <Image x:Name="img" /> 
</Grid>

4. Go to the MainWindow.xaml.cs file and, inside the constructor of the class, just after the InitializeComponent() call, create the streamResourceInfo from the resource stream of the image....