How to include a image as a button in Outlook?

[manokrrish]

Hi @ll,

Basically i am a learning java programmer. i happened to work on an Outlook application, to create a Outlook Toolbar, for which i preferred C#(as this is more similar to java) and now i am using Google to learn it. The problem started when i thought to use a image for a button. I can't figure out where it is going wrong;........

MyPictureHost.GetIPictureDispFromPicture(Image.FromStream(imgageStream));

This line is showing an error as,

Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'stdole.IPictureDisp'.An explicit conversion exists(are u missing a cast?)

Complete code is below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using RefAssembly = System.Reflection.Assembly;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
using System.Drawing;


namespace OutlookAddIn2
{
    public partial class ThisAddIn : MyPictureHost
    {

        Outlook.Explorers myExplorers = null;
        Office.CommandBar myCommandBar = null;
        
        Office.CommandBarButton myCommandBarButton = null;
        Office.CommandBarButton myCommandBarButton2 = null;

        String COMMANDBAR_NAME = "MyHome";

        void Explorers_NewExplorer(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Explorer Explorer)
        {
            ((Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_Event)Explorer).Activate += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_ActivateEventHandler(ThisAddIn_Activate);

            LoadToolBar();
        }


        void ThisAddIn_Activate()
        {
            LoadToolBar();
        }

        private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            myExplorers = this.Application.Explorers;

            myExplorers.NewExplorer += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ExplorersEvents_NewExplorerEventHandler(Explorers_NewExplorer);

            if (this.Application.Explorers.Count > 0)
            {

                LoadToolBar();

            }

        }

        private void LoadToolBar()
        {
            try
            {

                foreach (Office.CommandBar bar in this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars)
                {

                    if (bar.Name.Equals("Test"))
                    {

                        myCommandBar = bar;

                        break;

                    }

                }

                if (myCommandBar == null)
                {

                    myCommandBar = this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.Add(COMMANDBAR_NAME, missing, missing, true);


                    myCommandBar.Protection = Office.MsoBarProtection.msoBarNoProtection;

                    myCommandBar.Position = Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoBarPosition.msoBarTop;

                    myCommandBar.Left = 0;

                    myCommandBar.RowIndex = 1;

                    Office.CommandBarControl myCommandBarControl = myCommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, missing, missing, missing, true);


                    myCommandBarControl.Caption = "MyHome";

                    myCommandBarButton = ((Office.CommandBarPopup)myCommandBarControl).CommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, "", 1, true) as Office.CommandBarButton;


                    myCommandBarButton2 = myCommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, "", 1, true) as Office.CommandBarButton;

                    myCommandBarButton.Caption = "Campaign";

                    myCommandBarButton2.Caption = "about";

                    RefAssembly ThisAssembly = RefAssembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
                    System.IO.Stream imgageStream = ThisAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream("OutlookAddIn2.Resources.go.bmp");
                    myCommandBarButton.Picture = MyPictureHost.GetIPictureDispFromPicture(Image.FromStream(imgageStream));

                    myCommandBarButton.Click += new Microsoft.Office.Core._CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler(myCommandBarButton_Click);

                }

                myCommandBar.Visible = true;

            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {

                System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error while Loading Toolbar : " + ex.Message + "\n" + ex.StackTrace);

            }

        }


        void myCommandBarButton_Click(Microsoft.Office.Core.CommandBarButton Ctrl, ref bool CancelDefault)
        {

        }

        private void ThisAddIn_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        #region VSTO generated code

        /// <summary>

        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify

        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.

        /// </summary>

        private void InternalStartup()
        {

            this.Startup += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Startup);

            this.Shutdown += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Shutdown);

        }

        #endregion

    }
}

Please any one help me to get rid of this

Thanks in Advance

[memeloo]

did you see How to: Add Custom Icons to Toolbar and Menu Items ? see number 2. there is a sample class to convert the image.