Use PictureBox.Image or DrawImage?

[Just Me]

I do the following where sss is a string equal to a filename.

PictureBox.Image = = New Bitmap(sss)

It occurred to me that the file will be locked until the picturebox is
disposed at the program end.

Would it make more sense to use DrawImage.

I mean, is that what programmers typically do?



Thanks

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

If you open the bitmap with a filestream you won't lock the file.

Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("C:\camera.bmp",
IO.FileMode.Open)
Dim bm As New Bitmap(fs)

fs.Close()
PictureBox1.Image = bm


Ken
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[Just Me]

Perfect - thanks a lot

Hi,

If you open the bitmap with a filestream you won't lock the file.

Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("C:\camera.bmp",
IO.FileMode.Open)
Dim bm As New Bitmap(fs)

fs.Close()
PictureBox1.Image = bm


Ken