PictureBox help!

[ethanwa]

Ok, so I have a PictureBox on my form named pctInternet. It has the following code associated with it: string imageLocation = @"C:\mypicture.jpg"; Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(imageLocation); pctInternet.Image = bmp; Now, I just want my PictureBox to display the picture and CLOSE the actual "mypicture.jpg" file, but for some reason whenever I try to delete the "mypicture.jpg" file while my app is running, it errors and says "File is in use." How do I fix this? What line of code am I missing?

[Heath Stewart]

Because the file is in use. What you need to do is clonse the Bitmap and then dispose it:

using (Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(imageLocation))
{
pctInternet.Image = (Bitmap)bmp.Clone();
}

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[Nick Parker]

That doesn't work though. Another work around might be the following:

string loc = @"C:\\image1.gif";		
using(Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(loc))
{
	using(Graphics g = Graphics.FromHwnd(this.Handle))
	{
		g.DrawImage(bmp, 5, 5);
	}
}

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