Embed resources (png,jpg,mp3,wmv,etc) in silverlight xap file and reference from xaml

Question

Basically I would like to be able to do something like this in my xaml:

<Image Source="Resources/logout.png" />

and have it find Resources/logout.png as a file in my xap file, without going back to the web server. I also want to be able to rebuild my xap file on the fly, so placing it as a resource in a dll is not acceptable.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Add the images to the project, but set the Build Action to Content and Copy to Output Directory to Do not copy.

For a file in the root directory, I used this format.

<Image Source="/logout.png" />

Answer 2

I would suggest not doing this because it will make your initial XAP download take much longer.