Question

My C# program needs to display, of many possible images, one at a time. The images are on the web and I have a precise URL for each one. The program needs to either load the image from the web or, if it has been loaded previously, load it from memory/file (as the previous loading from the web should have saved it to memory/file). How do I implement this? I can get the loading from the web with a WebRequest object, but that’s not enough to save it for later, faster, use.

WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(imageURL);
Stream stream = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
pictureBoxFirstPack.Image = Image.FromStream(stream);

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure you should be able to do this:

 MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
 stream.CopyTo(ms);
 Byte[]  data = ms.ToArray();

Once you have it as a Byte array you can store it in a dictionary, a database, or wherever you like really.