Overwrite and image

Randell McGlynn

I'm trying to save an image over a file with the same file name. When it attempts to do this is bombs out because it says either it's a general GSI+ error or the process is already in use. This makes perfect sense why it would throw those errors, but how can I overwrite the file so that it doesn't give me this problem. I've tried Opening a file stream around it then closeing it. That didn't work. I also tried useing the *bitmap variable*.Dispose() to dispose of all the resources. That didn't do anything either. Is there something else I could try? or perhaps something I'm doing wrong?

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Randell McGlynn17y ago

Nope, didn't work. Here is a code snippet of the part that bombs out:

   private void SaveFile()
        
{
                
// Set the bitmap object to the size of the 
screen
                
bmpPicture = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, 
Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height, 
PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
                
// Create a graphics object from the 
bitmap
                
gfxScreenShot = 
Graphics.FromImage(bmpPicture);
                
// Take the screenshot from the upper left corner to the right bottom 
corner
                
gfxScreenShot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X, 
Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y + 25, 0, 0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size, 
CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
                
// Save the screenshot to the specified path that the user has 
chosen                 

                
bmpPicture.Save(FilePath, ImageFormat.Bmp); //****THIS IS WHERE THE ERROR IS 
THROWN****
        }

Roei Bar17y ago

here is a working code:

 

  using (Image newPic = Image.FromFile(savedFileName))
            {
                newPic.Save(tempFileName, encoders[1], codecParams);
            }