How do I load image into the picture box in VB2005

How do I load image into the picture box in VB2005

• Abbott

  It's never too late to post a reply. Your solution was exactly what I needed. Many thanks.
  

• kuponutcom

  Hi,

  The code works fine. But my problem is that if I want to delete the .jpg file while the program is runing, an exception is thrown: "The process cannot access the file 'a.jpg' because it is being used by another process."

  My question is: Is there a way to load a picture into a picture box, and allow the picture file to be deleted from disk

  Thanks.

  
  

• mannis

  Hi Cyber,

  This is one way to do it in vb2005

  Dim FilePath As String = "C:\TempPicture.jpg"

  Try

  PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(FilePath)

  Catch ex As Exception

  MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)

  End Try

  I hope this helps

  Abdullah Al-Rasheed

  
  

• Bob Cohen

  No, there isn't a way to remove an open file from the computer while it's open, but you could instead copy it into the TEMP directory, delete the original, then load the version in the TEMP directory.
  
  

• Notis

  Yes there IS a way to load a picture into a picture box, and allow the picture file to be deleted. . Here is some code: You need to use the FileStream Class...

  (Type this code in your General Declerations:)

  Imports System

  Imports System.IO

  Imports System.Text

  (Use this code to read the jpg:)

  Dim FileDir

  FileDir = "C:\File.jpg" 'This is the path of your jpg"

  Dim fs As New FileStream(FileDir, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite)  'you can read the file IF there isnt another app that has exclusive Read/Write.

  Picture.Image = Image.FromStream(fs)  'put the image from fs into the picture box

  fs.Close() 'close the FileStream; Very important

  (When you want to delete the jpg file from your computer use this code:)

  My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(FileDir, FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs, FileIO.RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin, FileIO.UICancelOption.DoNothing)

  Let me know if this helps, although it may be a little late (ie: date of thread).

  
  
  
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