to get something as stream (also image) use webclient and openreadcompleted event
Private Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs)
Dim req As New WebClient
AddHandler req.OpenReadCompleted, AddressOf fertig
req.OpenReadAsync(New Uri("ppedv.jpg", UriKind.Relative))
End Sub
Public Sub fertig(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As OpenReadCompletedEventArgs)
Dim st As Stream = e.Result
Dim img As BitmapImage = New BitmapImage()
img.SetSource(e.Result)
image1.Source = img
End Sub
-Hannes
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