Borked LoadImageFromURL Method For Compact Framework
public static Image LoadImageFromURL(string URL)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest) HttpWebRequest.Create(URL);
HttpWebResponse response = null;
BinaryReader br = null;
MemoryStream stream = null;
request.Timeout = 10000; // 10 Seconds
try
{
int tmp = ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit;
response = (HttpWebResponse) request.GetResponse(); // i lock up on the second method call
br = new BinaryReader((response.GetResponseStream()));
byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
stream = new MemoryStream();
int length =0;
do
{
length = br.Read(buffer,0,256);
stream.Write(buffer,0,length);
}
while (length >0);
request.Abort();
request = null;
response.Close();
response = null;
return (Image)new Bitmap(stream);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message.ToString());
return null;
}
finally
{
if (response != null)
{
response.Close();
response = null;
}
}
}
}