Images bound to images added to resx files using XAML

Question

My WPF application includes a resource file MyResources.resx, containing several strings and images. Because the application will need to be localized, all my references to

Answer 1

Turn your x:Static into a Binding.Source and add a Converter which does Bitmap to ImageSource.

Source="{Binding Source={x:Static local:Properties.MyResources.Flag},
                 Converter={StaticResource BitmapToImageSourceConverter}}"

Alternatively you can make the converter a custom markup extension which takes a Bitmap and returns the ImageSource in ProvideValue.

Source="{me:BitmapToImageSource {x:Static local:Properties.MyResources.Flag}}"