/// <summary>
/// Loads the image from the given path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">Path of image that should be used for this banner</param>
/// <returns>True if successful, false otherwise</returns>
protected Image LoadImage(String path)
{
try
{
WebClient client = new CompressionWebClient();
byte[] imgData = client.DownloadData(path);
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(imgData);
Image img = Image.FromStream(ms, true, true);
return img;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.Error("Error while loading image ", ex);
return null;
}
}
protected byte[] DownloadData(string url)
{
using (WebClient webClient = new CompressionWebClient { Encoding = Encoding.UTF8 })
return webClient.DownloadData(url);
}