Please check this link out http://msmvps.com/blogs/JayHarlow/default.aspx[^] It can give you an idea. If I were you, I would use embeded resources of course it is much easier to deal. Also here is another approach: The following example uses the ResourceManager.GetObject method to retrieve and display a binary resource (such as a graphic image). … Dim private rm As ResourceManager rm = New ResourceManager("MyImages", Me.GetType().Assembly) PictureBox.Image = Ctype(rm.GetObject("MyObject"), System.Drawing.Image) … :wtf: -- modified at 16:24 Monday 12th March, 2007 What a curious mind needs to discover knowledge is noting else than a pin-hole.