You receive a "System.OutOfMemoryException" error message when you try to use the Bitmap.FromFile method in the .NET Framework 1.0 (810109)

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following guidelines when you load images by using the Bitmap.FromFile method:

• Make sure that the image file is not corrupted by opening the image file in another program.
• Make sure that the image file is complete and that all writing to the image file is completed before you try to load the image file.
• Make sure that the image file type is a supported image format. For more information about image formats, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdicpp/GDIPlus/usingGDIPlus/usingimageencodersanddecoders.asp

• Examine the permissions of the image file to make sure that the program can access the image file.
• When you set the BackgroundImage property of a form, use the following example code to set the BackgroundImage property:

  Bitmap bmp=(Bitmap)Image.FromFile(@"Pictures\MyImage.jpg"); 
  this.BackgroundImage=new Bitmap(bmp,bmp.Size);
  

Note When you try to load an image from a file, you can catch the exception and then report the error. For example, the following Microsoft Visual Basic .NET code tries to load an image from a file:

Try
  PictureBox1.Image = Bitmap.From("c:\Badimage.gif")
Catch ex As Exception
  MessageBox.Show("Error loading file","Error")
End Try