/// <summary>
/// Load an image from a file ensuring file is not left locked
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">File specification (path and filename)</param>
/// <returns>image as Bitmap</returns>
public static Bitmap LoadImageFromFile(string fileName)
{
Graphics g;
Bitmap sourceImage = null;
System.IO.FileStream fs = null;
try
{
// This is a long work around for a bug in VS2005 and VS2003
// that would cause GDI errors if you did a new Bitmap from a Bitmap
Bitmap tempImage = new Bitmap(fileName);
sourceImage = new Bitmap(tempImage.Size.Width, tempImage.Size.Height, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
sourceImage.SetResolution(tempImage.HorizontalResolution, tempImage.VerticalResolution);
g = Graphics.FromImage(sourceImage);
g.DrawImage(tempImage, 0, 0);
tempImage.Dispose();
g.Dispose();
// Specify a valid picture file path on your computer. Using this process does not leave image file locked
//fs = new System.IO.FileStream(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
//sourceImage = (Bitmap)System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(fs);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ErrorMessage.Display(ex, "frmImageColorRGB(fileName)");
}
finally
{
if (fs != null)
{
fs.Close();
fs.Dispose();
}
}
return(sourceImage);
}
