Overwriting image metadata

[Tim Kelley]

I need to read the metadata of an image, display it on the screen and allow
the user to change it and then re-write the metadata back into the image.
The issue I am having is if I try to rename or delete the existing image
before re-writing the image file I get an error stating that the image is in
use. I am using Image.FromFile() to read the file. I have tried disposing
of the image and running the garbage collector (GC.Collect()), but it still
doesn't work. Is there a way to actually close the file so I can
delete/rename it?

Thanks,

Tim

[Peter Duniho]

On Mon, 19 May 2008 07:45:13 -0700, Tim Kelley <tk*****@company.comwrote:

I need to read the metadata of an image, display it on the screen and
allow
the user to change it and then re-write the metadata back into the image.
The issue I am having is if I try to rename or delete the existing image
before re-writing the image file I get an error stating that the image
is in
use. I am using Image.FromFile() to read the file. I have tried
disposing
of the image and running the garbage collector (GC.Collect()), but it
still
doesn't work. Is there a way to actually close the file so I can
delete/rename it?

Disposing the Image instance you created using FromFile() should do it.
Can you post a concise-but-complete code sample that demonstrates what you
tried and how it fails to work?

Pete