Bitmap to Jpeg converter

Hello all,

I need help, I can't find a way to convert bitmap to gif file, but in memory, not saving on disc.
I tried to convert my image using Microsoft encoder, but the image seems to be impossible to convert.

What I also tried: I created a bitmap from my metafile, save it on disc, used a tool to convert it to gif which I saved also on disc and then pass it to my report (Image.FromFile(gif file path))- and everything was fine. I receive in my report a metafile, and I need to be a gif without any disc savings.

Thanks,
Daniela

Well, You could always temporarily save on disk the image in the wanted format, and then read its content and delete the file:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...=vs.90%29.aspx

Probably MemoryStream (msdn link) might help you do this.

Daniela,
If you want to do it like Talikag suggested, there are many libraries and utilities that perform the conversion (file to file). For example, there's a free command line tool we provide that performs image conversion among a few dozen files formats. You can find the converter here: http://www.leadtools.com/downloads/d...?category=free

However, if you want to do the conversion in memory without having to save to disk, or you require more control over the load/save, you might want to look at the commercial imaging toolkit.

I would advise against use of commercial image manipulation toolkits; there are plenty of fully-featured free, open-source ones. The best example is ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) and its C# bindings: https://imagemagick.codeplex.com/