bitmap help

Question

Im am pretty new to the c# language only 3months into my course and im have alot of trouble calling a bitmap for my project
public void DrawHand(Graphics cardSpace1, Graphics cardSpace2)
        {
            playersHand.GetCards();
            cardpic1 = playersHand.Card1FileName;
            cardpic2 = playersHand.Card2FileName;

            card1 = new Bitmap("@../CardDeck/" + (cardpic1) + ".jpg");
            card2 = new Bitmap("@../CardDeck/" + (cardpic2) + ".jpg");

            cardSpace1.DrawImage(card1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
            cardSpace2.DrawImage(card2, 0, 0, 0, 0);
            GetScore();

        }
dats my code the address im pretty sure is right the folder is saved in the bin folder wit debug.
Any help will be much appreciated

Dr Spack · Answer

Hi. I have checked and I see at the moment two possibilities: 1. The framework cannot read the jpg because the file is simply not a jpeg-file. I don't think that you did make that mistake!? ;) 2. The file does simply not exist at the position you have given. The strange thing is that the framework should throw a FileNotFoundException but it does not. It throws an ArgumentException ('Unknown parameter'). I would check the current directory with: string currentDir = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); . Then you will see if your relative path is the correct one. Maybe it is best if you create a static variable (encapsulated in a property) which contains the path to your graphics folder. Good Luck…

Rachel Finan · Answer

Thanks alot for the help but its still giving me a error when i click my button tellin gme my parameter is not valid!!!! any other ideas ......??????

Dr Spack · Answer

Hi Rachel the @ must be before the  and the slash / should be a back slash \ card1 = new Bitmap( @ .. \ CardDeck \  + cardpic1 + .jpg ); I hope the answer does solve your problem.