System.Drawing: Error when using a .bmp or .gif file but not when .jpg

[Richard]

I each time get errors when I use an .bmp or ,.gif file as source but
whenever I use a .jpg file it works perfect.
Why is that? and how to fix it?

I almost have no knowledge about the system.drawing and so I am in the dark
about this.

This is my code
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<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%@ import namespace="system.drawing" %>
<%@ import namespace="system.drawing.imaging" %>
<%@ import namespace="system.drawing.drawing2d" %>
<%

' initialise objects
dim strFilename as string
dim b as New System.Drawing.Bitmap(server.mappath("test.jpg"))
dim g as graphics = graphics.fromimage(b)
g.smoothingMode = smoothingMode.antiAlias
dim stringFormat As New StringFormat()
g.drawString("The Magic Word", New font("arial",3),systembrushes.windowtext,
New pointF(2,2), stringFormat)

' Set the content type
response.contenttype="image/jpeg"

' send the image to the viewer
b.save(response.outputstream, b.rawformat)

' tidy up
b.dispose()

%>

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Hi Richard,

As for the "A Graphics object cannot be created from an image that has an
indexed pixel format" error, it is caused by the Graphic object can't been
created from some certain image format which contains indexed pixel. I've
done some tests and one means is load the image and convert it into jpeg
format first and then create Graphich object to manipulate it. For example,
here is my test code:
==================================================
Private Sub Output_Image(ByVal path As String)
Try

Dim img As Image = Image.FromFile(path)
Dim stream As New System.IO.MemoryStream
img.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
Dim imgNew As Image = Image.FromStream(stream)

Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(imgNew)

g.DrawString("MS Test", New Font("Verdana", 20,
FontStyle.Bold), _
New SolidBrush(Color.Beige), 0, 0)

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = "Image/jpeg"

imgNew.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
Response.End()
img.Dispose()
stream.Close()
imgNew.Dispose()

Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write("<br>" + ex.Message)
End Try

End Sub
=================================================

Please have a try to see whether it works for you. Thanks.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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[Richard]

thx a lot, this really helped me out.

I got no errors and with some thinking I made sure ppl can't link to my
files. (put a http://www. infront of url to view)

digifan.nl/ShowGalleryImage.aspx?img=Jlz1wB3JMO636rzX3rGMrpOK 7mbHBTzFQQ1OQ%2
fJ5V3Y%3d

and looking at the properties of the image it shows:

digifan.nl/ShowFullImage.aspx?img=Jlz1wB3JMO636rzX3rGMrpOK7mb HBTzFQQ1OQ%2fJ5
V3Y%3d

which is only the image.

Again thx, i am going to read a bit some more about the system.drawing and
what it al can do but now i have an understanding of
the general thing.

Richard

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Hi Richard,

As for the "A Graphics object cannot be created from an image that has an
indexed pixel format" error, it is caused by the Graphic object can't been
created from some certain image format which contains indexed pixel. I've
done some tests and one means is load the image and convert it into jpeg
format first and then create Graphich object to manipulate it. For example, here is my test code:
==================================================
Private Sub Output_Image(ByVal path As String)
Try

Dim img As Image = Image.FromFile(path)
Dim stream As New System.IO.MemoryStream
img.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
Dim imgNew As Image = Image.FromStream(stream)

Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(imgNew)

g.DrawString("MS Test", New Font("Verdana", 20,
FontStyle.Bold), _
New SolidBrush(Color.Beige), 0, 0)

Response.Clear()
Response.ContentType = "Image/jpeg"

imgNew.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
Response.End()
img.Dispose()
stream.Close()
imgNew.Dispose()

Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write("<br>" + ex.Message)
End Try

End Sub
=================================================

Please have a try to see whether it works for you. Thanks.

Regards,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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