"Paul Hadfield" <paul@nospamthankyoumam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Guys,
>
> Real simple question here I'm sure. I'm trying to display a JPEG in a
> picture box (VB.NET 2003).
>
>     pb.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\pic.jpg")
>
> Then, later in the program I need to delete the image file from the disk.
>
>     pb.Image = Nothing
>     IO.File.Delete("C:\pic.jpg")
>
> But I can't as the file is still open/in use. If I try to delete the image
> file without displaying it in the picture box first it deletes fine, so I
> know it's the picture box that's still got hold of the image file somehow.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
>

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("C:\bliss.jpg", IO.FileMode.Open)
>
> Dim bm As New Bitmap(fs)
>
> PictureBox1.Image = DirectCast(bm.Clone, Image)
>
> fs.Close()
>
> bm.Dispose()
>
> System.IO.File.Delete("C:\bliss.jpg")
>
>
>
> Ken
>
> ------------------
>
> "Paul Hadfield" <paul@nospamthankyoumam.com> wrote in message
> news:OTNwLPeVGHA.4864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Real simple question here I'm sure. I'm trying to display a JPEG in a
>> picture box (VB.NET 2003).
>>
>>     pb.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\pic.jpg")
>>
>> Then, later in the program I need to delete the image file from the disk.
>>
>>     pb.Image = Nothing
>>     IO.File.Delete("C:\pic.jpg")
>>
>> But I can't as the file is still open/in use. If I try to delete the
>> image file without displaying it in the picture box first it deletes
>> fine, so I know it's the picture box that's still got hold of the image
>> file somehow.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>
>

"Paul Hadfield" <paul@nospamthankyoumam.com> schrieb:
> Real simple question here I'm sure. I'm trying to display a JPEG in a
> picture box (VB.NET 2003).
>
>     pb.Image = Image.FromFile("C:\pic.jpg")
>
> Then, later in the program I need to delete the image file from the disk.
>
>     pb.Image = Nothing
>     IO.File.Delete("C:\pic.jpg")
>
> But I can't as the file is still open/in use. If I try to delete the image
> file without displaying it in the picture box first it deletes fine, so I
> know it's the picture box that's still got hold of the image file somehow.

"Cerebrus" <zorg***@sify.com> wrote in message
news:1144023058.288934.263720@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Herfried,
>
> Herfried wrote :
>
>>> Check out the code listings at ...
>
> I've been meaning to ask you this for some time now... Do you have an
> English version of your site ? There's so much information there that I
> would like to learn, but the language barrier ... ! I did do a course
> in German language many years back, but my German is too rusty to be
> able to understand technicalities. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cerebrus.
>