"Ethan Adams" <ethan@vmrd.com> wrote in message
news:eAyn5AgXEHA.952@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have developed a web application which does something along the
following
> lines:
>
> string filePath = "C:\somfile.jpg";
> using(System.Drawing.Image myImage =
> System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(filePath))
> {
> Response.Clear();
> myImage.Save(Response.OutputStream,
> System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
> myImage.Dispose();
> }
>
> What this code obviously does is take an image in any format and display
it
> as a JPEG. I also use a modification of it in the application to generate
> thumbnails of the images using myImage.GetThumbnailImage(). The problem
> with all this is that if someone comes along and wants to delete or save
> over somefile.jpg, they get a message that says the file is currently in
use
> by another person or program and that they should try again later. This
> situation persists as long as the web application is running. I don't
know
> what I can do beyond a using block and calling the Dispose() method to get
> this thing to let go of the file. Please help me out with this, and
thanks
> in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ethan Adams
>
>