Displaying a GIF File from a URI Location

[Jason]

I got the following error when I ran the below code

Error: URI formats are not supported

DilbertPic = Dilbert.DailyDilbertImagePath(WebService call
(dilbertPic = "http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert20182998040217.gif"
(Picture Box)picViewer.Image = Image.FromFile(DilbertPic

How can I work with the GIF files that are located on the Internet

Thanks for your help

[Klaus H. Probst]

Download them to local temporary storage?
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I got the following error when I ran the below code.

Error: URI formats are not supported.

DilbertPic = Dilbert.DailyDilbertImagePath(WebService call)
(dilbertPic = "http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert20182998040217.
gif") (Picture Box)picViewer.Image = Image.FromFile(DilbertPic)

How can I work with the GIF files that are located on the Internet?

Thanks for your help.

[Tian Min Huang]

Hello,

Thanks for your post. I agree with Klaus that you should download the GIF
with the specified URI to a local file. Please use the
WebClient.DownloadFile method:

WebClient.DownloadFile Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpref/html/
frlrfsystemnetwebclientclassdownloadfiletopic.asp

Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems or concerns.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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[Jason Carter]

I wasn't able to open your link. Can you provide some sample code on
how to download the file?

Jason Carter

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[Tian Min Huang]

Hello Jason,

Thanks for your reply. Please refer to the following code snippet:

//---------------code snippet--------------
string remoteUri = "http://www.contoso.com/library/homepage/images/";
string fileName = "ms-banner.gif", myStringWebResource = null;
// Create a new WebClient instance.
WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
// Concatenate the domain with the Web resource filename.
myStringWebResource = remoteUri + fileName;
Console.WriteLine("Downloading File \"{0}\" from \"{1}\" .......\n\n",
fileName, myStringWebResource);
// Download the Web resource and save it into the current filesystem folder.
myWebClient.DownloadFile(myStringWebResource,fileN ame);
//----------------end of--------------------------

In addition, I double checked the link in my previous email, it works. It
may be wrapped to two lines on your side.

I am standing by for your result.

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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