Question

I have a PNG (i.e. a compressed image) that I’d like to include in my assembly (i.e. application).

How to do it?

Additional information:

I tried adding a PNG resource to my assembly in Visual Studio 2010:

But that didn’t work, as Visual Studio converts it to an uncompressed bitmap:

Except I want to add a PNG.

Otherwise my 1MB application becomes 8MB:

]=== 1MB file size ==>
]=== 8MB file size ==============================================================================================================================================>

Answer 1

1. Go to the project menu -> properties.
2. Select the resources tab
3. Make sure Images is selected first.
4. Click the arrow beside ‘add resource’
5. New Image (Select from Image File Types)
6. Find the PNG