What I did was create a new Bitmap object, then assign that to the PictureBox Image property.

>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