BitmapImage.UriSource Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Media.Imaging

Assembly:

PresentationCore.dll

Gets or sets the Uri source of the BitmapImage.

public:
 property Uri ^ UriSource { Uri ^ get(); void set(Uri ^ value); };

public Uri UriSource { get; set; }

member this.UriSource : Uri with get, set

Public Property UriSource As Uri

Property Value

Uri

The Uri source of the BitmapImage. The default is null.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use the UriSource property in Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and code.

<!-- Property Tag XAML Syntax -->
<Image Width="200"  Margin="5" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" >
   <Image.Source>
      <BitmapImage UriSource="sampleImages/bananas.jpg" />
   </Image.Source>
</Image>

<!-- Property Tag XAML Syntax -->
<Image Width="200"  Margin="5" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" >
   <Image.Source>
      <BitmapImage UriSource="sampleImages/bananas.jpg" />
   </Image.Source>
</Image>

// Create the image element.
Image simpleImage = new Image();    
simpleImage.Width = 200;
simpleImage.Margin = new Thickness(5);

// Create source.
BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
// BitmapImage.UriSource must be in a BeginInit/EndInit block.
bi.BeginInit();
bi.UriSource = new Uri(@"/sampleImages/cherries_larger.jpg",UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
bi.EndInit();
// Set the image source.
simpleImage.Source = bi;

' Create the image element.
Dim simpleImage As New Image()
simpleImage.Width = 200
simpleImage.Margin = New Thickness(5)

' Create source.
Dim bi As New BitmapImage()
' BitmapImage.UriSource must be in a BeginInit/EndInit block.
bi.BeginInit()
bi.UriSource = New Uri("/sampleImages/cherries_larger.jpg", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute)
bi.EndInit()
' Set the image source.
simpleImage.Source = bi

Remarks

If StreamSource and UriSource are both set, the StreamSource value is ignored.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	UriSourceProperty
Metadata properties set to true	None

See also

• StreamSource