/// <summary>
/// Loads an image.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path"> The path to the image. </param>
/// <returns> A bitmap object if the image is loaded, otherwise null. </returns>
public static Bitmap LoadImageAsBitmap(string path, bool showError = false)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path) || !File.Exists(path))
{
return(null);
}
ImgFormat fmt = GetImageFormat(path);
if (fmt == ImgFormat.nil)
{
fmt = GetImageFormatFromPath(path);
}
try
{
Bitmap result;
switch (fmt)
{
case ImgFormat.png:
result = PNG.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.png;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.bmp:
result = BMP.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.bmp;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.gif:
result = Gif.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.gif;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.jpg:
result = JPEG.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.jpg;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.tif:
result = TIFF.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.tif;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.webp:
result = Webp.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.webp;
return(result);
case ImgFormat.wrm:
result = WORM.FromFileAsBitmap(path);
result.Tag = ImgFormat.wrm;
return(result);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
if (showError)
{
e.ShowError();
}
}
return(null);
}
