VB.NET Designer Issue with PictureBox Control

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VB.NET Designer Issue with PictureBox Control

Xyline 6

I am getting this error after I had to do a One Drive backup and files were moved around and some renamed. If I go to the line of code shown in the image above in mParent.Designer.vb, it is "Me.PictureBox1.Image = Global.UL_Report_Builder.My.Resources.LogoB_W" that is the problem. I can comment out that line of code and the "mParent.vb [Design]" window will show but the PictureBox will show no image. I can't even set the property of the PictureBox to an image from my resources. But I can run the program with the previously mentioned line of code and the program will run as normal with the image rendered in the PictureBox. I have spent some time trying to solve this issue so I don't have the error in the above image. This is happening to all the Forms in my project that use an image from my resources to set the PictureBox image property.

I thought it may have been the "My Project.Resources.resx" file having the wrong filepaths but nothing I did helped solve the problem. Maybe there is a way to rebuild the Resources.resx file? I deleted the PictureBox and made a new one but I still get the same issue. I may have not given enough information about the issue so let me know if any additional information would be needed. Any help would be very much appreciated!

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Reza Aghaei 4,986 MVP Volunteer Moderator

Assuming we are talking about PictureBox1 and Form1, the easiest fix would be re-assigning the image:

Close all files
Form1.Designer.Vb file in text editor. (It's under Form1 in solution explorer; if it's not visible, then click on show all files button () on property browser toolbar to show it.)
Remove the line of code which is setting the image in Form1.Designer.Vb file
Save the Form1.Designer.Vb file
Close VS
Delete bin and obj folders
Reopen VS
Rebuild the solution
Open Form1.Vb in design mode, and you see PictureBox doesn't have any picture assigned.
Select the picture box, and set the Image property using the property browser.
Save the form
Run the project.

Xyline 6 Reputation points

2022-07-25T20:34:06.957+00:00

Hey,

Thanks for the response. I tried your solution and I don't get the designer error but I can't select an image using the property browser. When I select the image from my resources, the image property remains none. Any ideas?
Reza Aghaei 4,986 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-07-25T21:12:27.99+00:00

If you followed all the steps exactly (like, closing all files and designers) and starting from scratch and it doesn't work, then I'd suggest after step 4, close VS, delete bin and obj, then open VS, rebuild the solution, and go to step 5.
(Of course I assume you make a back up from your project fisrt :) )
Xyline 6 Reputation points

2022-07-26T12:47:07.363+00:00

So this is exactly what I needed to do. I had to migrate my One Drive to another One Drive and apparently since file paths were altered, the Resources.resx file must have had the wrong file paths (that's what I assume was the problem). I never tried to delete the entire Debug and Bin files to get it to completely rebuild them. I spent a few hours trying to figure it out and got nowhere. Thank you so much!!!
Reza Aghaei 4,986 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-07-26T14:09:27.067+00:00

@Xyline No problem! Happy to hear the issue is now resolved.
Reza Aghaei 4,986 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-07-26T14:16:35.77+00:00

@Xyline By the way, if a post answers your question, that would be great if you accept and upvote it. It makes it more useful for future readers, also gives the author a few reputation point.
Reza Aghaei 4,986 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2022-07-28T23:10:42.323+00:00

@Xyline Any update on this?
Reza Aghaei 4,986 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2023-03-19T20:59:20.7266667+00:00

@Xyline Any update on this?

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