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❔ Cannot convert System.Drawing.Image to string

im trying to display a image on a button through a variable as its name in the name.Image = Image.Fromfile(..................) command

#1OP•8/1/23, 1:46 AM

the squarename variable contains a string with text being something along the lines of "a1.Image" or "b2.Image"

#1OP•8/1/23, 1:47 AM

this is where i declare each value of the board array as a string (the "a1.Image" string and so on)

#1OP•8/1/23, 1:48 AM

this is the error i keep getting

Angius•8/1/23, 5:11 AM

Well, an image is an image, and a string is a string

Angius•8/1/23, 5:11 AM

Also, what's with all those

global.

global.

##1 im trying to display a image on a button through a variable as its name in the n...

blueberriesiftheywerecats•8/1/23, 6:35 AM

Isn't Image.FromFile means from stream?

Bblueberriesiftheywerecats Isn't Image.FromFile means from stream?

nukleer bomb•8/1/23, 7:35 AM

Nope

public static System.Drawing.Image FromFile(string filename);

public static System.Drawing.Image FromFile(string filename);

Nnukleer bomb Nope `public static System.Drawing.Image FromFile(string filename);`

#1OP•8/1/23, 8:34 PM

SinFluxx•8/2/23, 10:46 AM

They're showing that the method

FromFile

FromFile

returns a

System.Drawing.Image

System.Drawing.Image

but you're trying to assign it to something that requires a string

SSinFluxx They're showing that the method `FromFile` returns a `System.Drawing.Image` but ...

#1OP•8/2/23, 8:26 PM

so i string the path of the file or the name of the file (in this case being nought.png)?

SinFluxx•8/2/23, 8:35 PM

I don't understand the question

SSinFluxx I don't understand the question

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:03 PM

wait

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:03 PM

i dont need to save the filename

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:03 PM

its only 1 file that i need to use

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:04 PM

im trying to make it so that the image is set to a random button

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:04 PM

so something like

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:04 PM

buttonnumber = "a1";

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:05 PM

buttonnumber.Image = fromfile(file path yadaayadayada

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 1:05 PM

that line with the error is where you're setting the "name" of the square though?

global.squarename = ...

global.squarename = ...

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:06 PM

no i have the name already in squarename

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:06 PM

the problem is variable.Image is causing problems

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 1:07 PM

nope

##1 this is where i declare each value of the board array as a string (the "a1.Image...

#1OP•8/3/23, 1:07 PM

i also tried to just have the name of the square have the .Image already inside of it but it still doesnt work

SSinFluxx nope

#1OP•8/3/23, 2:42 PM

yeah the squarename is assigned

#1OP•8/3/23, 2:43 PM

im trying to set the image to that square's image

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 2:46 PM

Check that line again, you're trying to set the value of

global.squarename

global.squarename

, which is a

string

string

, to an

Image

Image

SSinFluxx Check that line again, you're trying to set the value of `global.squarename`, wh...

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:05 PM

if im not mistaken

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:05 PM

a1.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\Users\saira\Documents\Summer Project 2023\TicTacToe Visual (Medium) Summer Project\TicTacToe Visual (Medium) Summer Project\Resources\Cross.png");

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:05 PM

puts a image on the button named a1

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:05 PM

ok, but that's not the code you've sent through to us here

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:05 PM

it is though because

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:06 PM

squarename can be equal to "a1.Image" or "b2.Image" for example

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:06 PM

as i set the value here

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

you're setting

global.squarename

global.squarename

to a

string

string

value, you're not setting an image

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

unless there's something going on elsewhere that you haven't shown us

##1 as i set the value here

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

also a quick thing i changed about this was i changed the if condition to (global.value1 == 0 && global.value2 == 1)

SSinFluxx you're setting `global.squarename` to a `string` value, you're not setting an im...

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

yeah the string being the name of the button

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

a1,a2,a3,b1,b2 and so on

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:07 PM

+.Image

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:08 PM

so i can change the (blank) image of the named button to a constant image

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:09 PM

the problem is that im trying to impliment the variable into the setting image command

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:09 PM

and it doesnt accept it

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:09 PM

where?

SSinFluxx where?

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:09 PM

here

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:09 PM

because squarename for example would be "a1.Image"

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:10 PM

and a1.image written out would work normally but not when its stored in the string variable

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:10 PM

We've just been over this though,

global.squarename

global.squarename

is not an

Image

Image

variable, it's a

string

string

variable

SinFluxx•8/3/23, 3:10 PM

where is this

global

global

object set up?

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:10 PM

here

#1OP•8/3/23, 3:11 PM

you want me to change the squarename variable to public static image?

❔ Cannot convert System.Drawing.Image to string

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