file location to System.IO.Stream

Question

Hi Guys,

I have this method

public void SetSource(Stream streamSource);

which sets the source of BitmapSource, is there a way to convert my URI or my image file location and pass it as a stream?

(another issue):

        Uri uri = new Uri("../images/MyImage.png", UriKind.Relative);
        BitmapImage btmp1 = new BitmapImage(uri);
        WriteableBitmap btmp = new WriteableBitmap(btmp1);

I am getting an error NULL exception when creating an instance of btmp (because it is expecting a BitmapImageSource)...but how do I get what I am after?

thanks,

Voodoo

Answer 1

You can make a FileStream:

thingy.SetSource(new FileStream(path));

Answer 2

You can simply write

new BitmapImage(new Uri(path, UriKind.Absolute))

If you have a relative path, pass UriKind.Relative.