Question

 public static void CopyImage(Image picToSave, string name)
    {
        if (picToSave.Source != null)
        {
            BitmapImage src = (BitmapImage)picToSave.Source;
            if (!Directory.Exists("Images"))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory("Images");
            }

            FileStream stream = new FileStream("Images/" + name + ".jpg", FileMode.Create);
            JpegBitmapEncoder encoder = new JpegBitmapEncoder();
            encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(src));
            encoder.Save(stream);
            stream.Close();
        }



    }

The problem occurs when i choose a file which already exists in the /Images directory, i guess it just cant overwrite, The exception is thrown at the “FileStream”” line (FileMode.Create I guess).

If i Choose a file which isn’t in the /Images directory it works fine and copies the file to the Images Directory like it should..

Thank you 🙂

Answer 1

How did you load the image in the first place? If you didn’t change the default value for CacheOption, the file is locked by the BitmapImage object. You need to specify BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad:

BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
image.BeginInit();
image.UriSource = imageUri;
image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
image.EndInit();