Image Loading in c# from a web URL

Question

am trying to display an image in a "toolStrip" i c# from a weburl. Am using the following methode to get the image

WebRequest requestPic5 = WebRequest.Create(icon_path);
                         requestPic5.Timeout = 5000;
                         WebResponse responsePic5 = null;
                         Image Myimg5 = null;

if (requestPic5 != null)
   {
      responsePic5 = requestPic5.GetResponse();
      if (responsePic5 != null)
         {
            Myimg5 = Image.FromStream(responsePic5.GetResponseStream());
          }
   }

its failing when Myimg5 = Image.FromStream(responsePic5.GetResponseStream()); throws an exception but the image is still there in the url

But unfortunately most of the time its not loading properly and sometimes throwing a 404 error

Answer 1

The response stream has other stuff that you don't necessarily want. You really just want the raw data of the imgage file, so you can use:

new MemoryStream(new WebClient().DownloadData("http://address/file.ico"));