Bitmap to Jpeg converter

[DanielaTm]

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

[Talikag]

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

[BioPhysEngr]

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

[LEADTOOLS Support]

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.

[BioPhysEngr]

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/