WPF: sample of loading an icon to an image control

The following sample codes shows how to load an icon in to a image control. It use URI package to load the embed icon from the current assembly. For more information about URI refer to my previous post or following MSDN articles:

• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/library/aa970069.aspx
• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-au/library/aa970494.aspx

 

Image image1 = new Image();
Uri iconUri = new Uri(“pack://application:,,,/MyIcon.ico”, UriKind.Absolute);      
try
{
  Stream iconStream = System.Windows.Application.GetResourceStream(iconUri).Stream;
  IconBitmapDecoder decoder = new IconBitmapDecoder(iconStream,
     BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat, BitmapCacheOption.None);
  image1.Source = decoder.Frames[0] ;  
}
catch (System.IO.IOException)
{
  MessageBox.Show(“Icon file not found”);         
}