Cannot save a loaded image -- Access denied Error

[SonyMan]

HI
I have a VB.NET application in which my Image (from a picturebox) is opened by the user in another application like MSPaint or Photoshop or whatever he chooses. The image does open there.But after making changes, the user cannot save the image since it throws an error : "Access denied.File is in use by another process". What could be the workaround for this? Any little help would be highly appreciated since this is very urgent. Thanks everybody in advance

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

If you dont load an image from a filestream it locks the image.

Dim img As Image

Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("C:\camera.bmp", IO.FileMode.Open)

img = Image.FromStream(fs)

PictureBox1.Image = img

fs.Close()

Ken

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HI,
I have a VB.NET application in which my Image (from a picturebox) is
opened by the user in another application like MSPaint or Photoshop or
whatever he chooses. The image does open there.But after making changes,
the user cannot save the image since it throws an error : "Access
denied.File is in use by another process". What could be the workaround
for this? Any little help would be highly appreciated since this is very
urgent. Thanks everybody in advance.