Image.Save(..) throws a GDI+ exception because the

Question

i've got some binary data which i want to save as an image. When i try to save the image, it throws an exception if the memory stream used to create the image, was closed before the save. The reason i do this is because i'm dynamically creating images and as such .. i need to use a memory stream.

this is the code:

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{
    // Grab the binary data.
    byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes("Chick.jpg");

    // Read in the data but do not close, before using the stream.
    Stream originalBinaryDataStream = new MemoryStream(data);
    Bitmap image = new Bitmap(originalBinaryDataStream);
    image.Save(@"c:\test.jpg");
    originalBinaryDataStream.Dispose();

    // Now lets use a nice dispose, etc...
    Bitmap2 image2;
    using (Stream originalBinaryDataStream2 = new MemoryStream(data))
    {
        image2 = new Bitmap(originalBinaryDataStream2);
    }

    image2.Save(@"C:\temp\pewpew.jpg"); // This throws the GDI+ exception.
}

Does anyone have any suggestions to how i could save an image with the stream closed? I cannot rely on the developers to remember to close the stream after the image is saved. In fact, the developer would have NO IDEA that the image was generated using a memory stream (because it happens in some other code, elsewhere).

I'm really confused :(

Answer 1

A generic error occurred in GDI+. It can occur because of image storing paths issues,I got this error because my storing path is too long, I fixed this by first storing the image in a shortest path and move it to the correct location with long path handling techniques.

Answer 2

For me the code below crashed with A generic error occurred in GDI+on the line which Saves to a MemoryStream. The code was running on a web server and I resolved it by stopping and starting the Application Pool that was running the site.

Must have been some internal error in GDI+

    private static string GetThumbnailImageAsBase64String(string path)
    {
        if (path == null || !File.Exists(path))
        {
            var log = ContainerResolver.Container.GetInstance<ILog>();
            log.Info($"No file was found at path: {path}");
            return null;
        }

        var width = LibraryItemFileSettings.Instance.ThumbnailImageWidth;

        using (var image = Image.FromFile(path))
        {
            using (var thumbnail = image.GetThumbnailImage(width, width * image.Height / image.Width, null, IntPtr.Zero))
            {
                using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
                {
                    thumbnail.Save(memoryStream, ImageFormat.Png); // <= crash here 
                    var bytes = new byte[memoryStream.Length];
                    memoryStream.Position = 0;
                    memoryStream.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
                    return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer 3

This error occurred to me when I was trying from Citrix. The image folder was set to C:\ in the server, for which I do not have privilege. Once the image folder was moved to a shared drive, the error was gone.

Answer 4

It has also appeared with me when I was trying to save an image into path

C:\Program Files (x86)\some_directory

and the .exe wasn't executed to run as administrator, I hope this may help someone who has same issue too.

Answer 5

Perhaps it is worth mentioning that if the C:\Temp directory does not exist, it will also throw this exception even if your stream is still existent.

Answer 6

I had the same problem but actually the cause was that the application didn't have permission to save files on C. When I changed to "D:\.." the picture has been saved.