nanoFramework.UI.Bitmap missing

[DaveSchmid]

Tool

Visual Studio extension

Description

Adding Images of the type .bmp , .gif and .jpg as resources make the VS solution uncompilable.

Error CS0234 The type or namespace name 'UI' does not exist in the namespace 'nanoFramework' (are you missing an assembly reference?):

If you play around and practice long enough with deleting and different kinds of adding another error message appears:

The resource System.Drawing was automatically added to the project. Compiling is only possible again once this has been deleted.

How to reproduce

1. I am creating a new Blank Application Solution.
2. add nanoFramework.ResourceManager as NuGet Package
3. add a new Resource File (.NET nanoFramework) to the project
4. add some Files (Images: .png, .pcx, .tif and Sound: .wav) to the Resource1.resx (per drag and drop or manuell, makes no difference). The pcx is not recognized as an image (works fine anyway)
5. I compile the project. No problem everything perfect.
6. Now I add more pictures (.bmp, .gif, .jpg)
7. Now the project can no longer be compiled!

My example (before and after the error):

NFImageResscources_working.zip
NFImageResscources_notworking.zip

Expected behaviour

1. it would be nice if adding a Resource.resx automatically adds the nanoFramework.ResourceManager reference.
2. nanoFramework.UI.Bitmap should be available. Or images should be added as normal files (BinaryResources instead of BitmapResources). Nobody wants to edit images in VS, anyway!

Screenshots

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Aditional context

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - Current Version 17.4.4
.NET nanoFramework VS Extension v2022.3.0.18

[josesimoes]

Duplicated of #844

This is the standard behavior. Unfortunately we can't do much about it. This depends on the VS extensibility library and there is no option to extend resources to other languages.

Reference to ResourceManager nuget has to be added manually.
Reference to UI has to be added manually if images are being used.

No native support for pcx, so that's handled as a binary resource.

[DaveSchmid]

Duplicated of #844

This is the standard behavior. Unfortunately we can't do much about it. This depends on the VS extensibility library and there is no option to extend resources to other languages.

Reference to ResourceManager nuget has to be added manually. Reference to UI has to be added manually if images are being used.

No native support for pcx, so that's handled as a binary resource.

No the problem is not the manual adding. The problem is the fact that nanoFramework.UI.Bitmap does not exist in nanoFramework.System.Drawing.

And there is no option to add a jpg or gif to a nanoFramework Project.

[josesimoes]

I got lost on your explanation. I see... that's probably in the resource processing task....