WPF ToastNotification and Images

[Daniellled]

I have a WPF application and I am using the Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications version 7.1.2. I am wondering how I use things like hero images?

I see at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/send-local-toast?tabs=uwp#adding-images that since I am a WPF app the Http images will not work.

Http images are only supported in UWP/MSIX/sparse apps that have the internet capability in their manifest. desktop non-MSIX/sparse apps do not support http images; you must download the image to your local app data and reference it locally.

I am able to get the image to display if I provide a full path for example c:\myfolder\myimage.jpg.

I am wondering what other options I have available to my WPF application?

Can I use a WPF pack uri? For example pack://application:,,,/MyApp;component/Resources/applications.png

Can I have my application download to %appdata% which equates to C:\Users\myUserName\AppData\Roaming and reference the image via ms-appdata:///roaming/applications.png

[Daniellled]

Looking at this link https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/5325244/How-can-I-specify-an-URI-as-resource-image-for-toa it appears the only option may be to use the full file system path.

[michael-hawker]

FYI @vaheeshta