c# - Can't load images from project during vs2012 load test -

i'm trying load test wcf service visual studio 2012 web performance , load test project. added unit test file shown below , execute them load test. seems work fine except populating image byte[] in test object.

unit test

    [testmethod, testcategory("wcf - primary tests")]     public void eventitem_insert()     {         //arrange         var service = new eventservicereference.servicecontractclient();         var item = unittesthelpers.eventitemfactory(guid.newguid(), guid.newguid());         debug.writeline(item.data.length.tostring());          //act         guid pk = service.saveeventitem(item);          //assert         assert.arenotequal(guid.empty, pk, "the key returned empty");     } 

snippet calls image load routine eventitemfactory.

eventitem.data = (byte[])loadtestimagefromproject(); 

code issues is. works when run unit test test explorer throws invalid parameter when called load test.

    public static byte[] loadtestimagefromproject()     {         fileinfo fileinfo = new fileinfo(system.reflection.assembly.getexecutingassembly().location);         string file = path.combine(fileinfo.directoryname, @"assets\bg.jpg");          bitmap bmp = new bitmap(file);          imageconverter converter = new imageconverter();         byte[] bytearray = (byte[])converter.convertto(bmp, typeof(byte[]));          return bytearray;     }        

thanks in advance help.

i couldn't figure out how reference files project during load test did find workaround.

i added images resource file , worked perfectly.

it had how virtual users handed in test, resource file available project artifacts not.