Update BackGroundImage - problem

[dgburton]

Could anyone tell me why this works the first time but not the second time it's called:

Dim wc As New System.Net.WebClient()

wc.DownloadFile("http://217.37.196.12/halfsize.jpg", _
"c:\pic.jpg")

Dim bgImage As Image = Image.FromFile("C:\pic.jpg")

Panel1.BackgroundImage = bgImage

I think it's because I'm trying to download the file again to the same filename which is in use.

Could anyone suggest a workaround?

Many thanks,

Dan

[lault]

I would break it out into two functions,

public sub Download_Image(byval URL as string, byval filename as string)

Dim wc As New System.Net.WebClient()

wc.DownloadFile(url, filename)

end sub

public sub SetBackground(byval filename as string)

  Dim bgImage As Image = Image.FromFile(filename)

  Panel1.BackgroundImage = bgImage
end sub

then you can just call the second function as manay times as you want. I would also see what panel1.refresh does for you.