How to use a localizable resx image in WPF?

Question

I have a bunch of localizable images and icons in the standard Properties.Resources.resx file; they are mostly linked at compile time. I want to put them on some WPF controls.

In WinForms,

control.Image = Properties.Resources.ImageResourceName;

does the trick, is maintainable, localizable, not susceptible to refactoring, and can be done using only the Windows Forms designer, but I just can't figure out how to achieve similar results in WPF (xaml OR code).

Answer 1

What is stored in your resx file is a Drawing.Bitmap. You can convert it into a BitmapSource using the code below. This code could be placed in a converter for example. Personnaly, I have defined a MarkupExtension that take the name of the resx and the name of the ressource and call this code.

private BitmapSource bitmapToSource(System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap)
{
    BitmapSource destination;
    IntPtr hBitmap = bitmap.GetHbitmap();
    BitmapSizeOptions sizeOptions = BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions();
    destination = System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(hBitmap, IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty, sizeOptions);
    destination.Freeze();
    return destination;
}