Hello, I have a View that contains an image control.
<Image
x:Name="img"
Height="100"
Margin="5"
Source="{Binding Path=ImageFullPath Converter={StaticResource ImagePathConverter}}"/>
The binding uses a converter does nothing interesting except set BitmapCacheOption to "OnLoad", so that the file is unlocked when I attempt to rotate it.
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
// value contains the full path to the image
string val = (string)value;
if (val == null)
return null;
// load the image, specify CacheOption so the file is not locked
BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
image.BeginInit();
image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
image.UriSource = new Uri(val);
image.EndInit();
return image;
}
Here is my code to rotate the image. val is always 90 or -90, and path is the full path to the .tif file I want to rotate.
internal static void Rotate(int val, string path)
{
//cannot use reference to what is being displayed, since that is a thumbnail image.
//must create a new image from existing file.
Image image = new Image();
BitmapImage logo = new BitmapImage();
logo.BeginInit();
logo.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
logo.UriSource = new Uri(path);
logo.EndInit();
image.Source = logo;
BitmapSource img = (BitmapSource)(image.Source);
//rotate tif and save
CachedBitmap cache = new CachedBitmap(img, BitmapCreateOptions.None, BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);
TransformedBitmap tb = new TransformedBitmap(cache, new RotateTransform(val));
TiffBitmapEncoder encoder = new TiffBitmapEncoder();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(tb)); //cache
using (FileStream file = File.OpenWrite(path))
{
encoder.Save(file);
}
}
The issue I am experiencing is when I get the BitmapCacheOption to BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad, the file is not locked however rotate does not always rotate the image (I believe it is using the original cached value each time).
If I use BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad so the file is not locked, how can I update the Image control once the image has been rotated? (the original value seems to be cached in memory)
Is there a better alternative for rotating an image that is currently being displayed in the view?