Load image from a URI
<Window x:Class="BitmapProgramming.UseBitmapImage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="BitmapProgramming" Height="300" Width="300" > </Window> //File:Window.xaml.vb Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Text Imports System.Windows Imports System.Windows.Controls Imports System.Windows.Data Imports System.Windows.Documents Imports System.Windows.Input Imports System.Windows.Media Imports System.Windows.Media.Imaging Imports System.Windows.Shapes Namespace BitmapProgramming Public Partial Class UseBitmapImage Inherits System.Windows.Window Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() Dim imageElement As New Image() imageElement.Source = New BitmapImage(New Uri("http://www.your host.com/a.jpg")) Me.Content = imageElement End Sub End Class End Namespace