How to get an image in a picture box

how can i get an image from a url and put it in a picture box

for instance picturebox1 needs to have the image http://somewhere.com/img.gif how can i get it in there without having to save the image to my hard drive then placing it in the picture box?? thanks!!

Check this thread http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ight=webclient

do you got a link to one in vb.net or would you mind converting the code in c# to vb.net

Sure. :)

VB Code:

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text
'This import is required to gain access to the new namespace
Imports LoadImageFromWeb.ImageStream
 
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
    Private Sub btnLoadWebImage_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLoadWebImage.Click
        'Loads a picture box with an image from a website
        Const PATH_TO_IMAGE = "http://www.vbforums.com/images/ads/current.gif"
        Dim xImage As ImageToDownload = New ImageToDownload(PATH_TO_IMAGE)
        Dim xStream As MemoryStream = xImage.BeginDownload()
        picFromWeb.Image = Image.FromStream(xStream)
    End Sub
 
End Class
 
Namespace ImageStream
 
    Public Class ImageToDownload
        Dim sI2D_URL2Download As String
        Const PREFIX = "http://"
 
        Public Sub New(ByVal sURL As String)
            Me.sI2D_URL2Download = sURL
        End Sub
 
        Public Function BeginDownload() As MemoryStream
            Dim msImage As MemoryStream
            Dim wcClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
 
            If Not sI2D_URL2Download.ToLower().StartsWith("http://") Then sI2D_URL2Download = PREFIX + sI2D_URL2Download
            msImage = New MemoryStream(wcClient.DownloadData(sI2D_URL2Download))
 
            Return msImage
        End Function
    End Class
 
End Namespace

Thanks a lot you are a big help!!!!