Storing WPF Image Resources
.net, c#, embedded-resource, wpf
Solution
If you will use the image in multiple places, then it's worth loading the image data only once into memory and then sharing it between all `Image` elements.
To do this, create a `BitmapSource` as a resource somewhere:
<BitmapImage x:Key="MyImageSource" UriSource="../Media/Image.png" />
Then, in your code, use something like:
<Image Source="{StaticResource MyImageSource}" />
In my case, I found that I had to set the `Image.png` file to have a build action of `Resource` rather than just `Content`. This causes the image to be carried within your compiled assembly.
Problem
For a WPF application which will need 10 - 20 small icons and images for illustrative purposes, is storing these in the assembly as embedded resources the right way to go? If so, how do I specify in XAML that an Image control should load the image from an embedded resource?