Thank you Cathi,

So what I was missing is that I have to make an instance of the object to use it .. correct ?



>Hi Ahmad,
>
>Try the following instead:
>
>

>Dim MyImage As Bitmap
>MyImage = New Bitmap("c:\temp\BabayTest2.gif")
>pbMemberPicture.Image = CType(MyImage, Image)
>

>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I am trying to display an image picture from a file inside a PictureBox using the following code, but it doesn't work, I tried with deferant image format still the same problem, am I missing something:
>>
>>pbMemberPicture.Image.FromFile("c:\temp\BabayTest2.gif")
>>----
>>then Added this
>>----
>>pbMemberPicture.Show()
>>
>>Can anyone advice please.
>>
>>Ahmad