Create a thumbnail from a remote image

[Mike]

I've seen a few examples of creating an thumbnail from a file directly from
the server but....

does anyone know how i can grab a picture from another server (eg a seperate
image server http://myimages.com/images/001.jpg) and on the fly create a
thumbnail of that image?

a little like google images.

Thanks
Mike

 

[Andreas Håkansson]

Mike,

After reading your post I gave it a go and it was not hard at all.
Hopefully
this is what you are looking for.

WebRequest wr = WebRequest.Create(@"www.yoururl.com/image.jpg");
Bitmap remoteImage =
(Bitmap)Bitmap.FromStream(wr.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());

Now you have a normal bitmap image that you can modify and save as desired.

HTH,

//Andreas

 

[Mike]

Absolutly Fantastic !!!

Thanks a million for you help, Also becuase of this i'm have a good look at
the great WebRequest Class.

Thanks again

Mike

 

[Andreas Håkansson]

Mike,

No worries =) Yeah the WebRequest class can be a lifesave at
times. It's a blessing not having to warm up a Socket class when you
need stuff like this =)

//Andreas