I'm using VB.Net
I have an url of an image, let's say http://localhost/image.gif
I need to create a System.Drawing.Image object from that file.
Notice save this to a file and then open it is not one of my options
also i'm using ItextSharp
here is my code :
Dim rect As iTextSharp.text.Rectangle
rect = iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER
Dim x As PDFDocument = New PDFDocument("chart", rect, 1, 1, 1, 1)
x.UserName = objCurrentUser.FullName
x.WritePageHeader(1)
For i = 0 To chartObj.Count - 1
Dim chartLink as string = "http://localhost/image.gif"
x.writechart( ** it only accept system.darwing.image ** )
Next
x.WritePageFooter()
x.Finish(False)
You could use WebClient class to download image and then MemoryStream to read it:
C#
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
byte[] bytes = wc.DownloadData("http://localhost/image.gif");
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes);
System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms);
VB
Dim wc As New WebClient()
Dim bytes As Byte() = wc.DownloadData("http://localhost/image.gif")
Dim ms As New MemoryStream(bytes)
Dim img As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms)