Visual Studio Image Resource Dialog Open in design mode UI editor - vb.net

I'm creating a UI editor for a control I made. Basically the user can double click to open a dialog to set properties like color, text, etc. I would like to add a way to set the images. In the control's properties it will open the resource dialog. Is there a way to open this dialog from an event, button click, in design mode?
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