Question

Greetings

Problem

When i’m trying to add images to my silverlight project I get the error: "AG_E_NETWORK_ERROR".

Recreate

I create a new silverlight 4 project without a web part. So I only get MyApplication.

In MyApplication I add a map called “Images” and in that map I add a few images. Egg.png, Chicken.png.

Now I wish to load these images to my silverlight project. In the mainpage.xaml I place:
<Image Source="/Images/Egg.png" /> but this does’t load.

So I try it from code behind:

var imag = new BitmapImage(new Uri(@"\Images\Egg.png", UriKind.Relative));
imag.ImageFailed += (s, ea) =>
{
    throw new Exception(ea.ErrorException.Message);
};

This however keeps throwing the above error nomather what I try.

The images are set as a resource and “Do Not Copy”.

1. What am I doing wrong??
2. How can I make the images work?

[Edit]

After comments I noticed the image is loading in the original project.

But I have a user control in a different project to which I send the image. From there the loading still fails.

How can I fix this?
Am I missing anything?

Answer 1

This is a terrible generic error message but I believe the problem may simply be that the files can’t be found. When you add items to your Silverlight project they don’t get copied out to the ClientBin folder of the hosting site (even on build, regardless of Copy to output directory settings because this only dictates what makes it to the current project’s bin folder) – you’ll need to copy these manually (or eventually use a post-build step), that is:

• Copy required resources yourself from the Silverlight project to the hosting website’s ClientBin folder, alongside the .xap file.

Update:

So, there’s no website part of the solution, are the resources making it to the bin folder of the Silverlight project itself? If not, try this:

• Set the images BuildAction to Content
• Set Copy to output directory to Copy Always, or Copy if newer