How to delete an image file which is being used by other processes

Question

hai expert.........
I am using a PictureBox Control in Windows Application. while loading the image into the picture box control i am saving the image into a folder with a particular name, later i am saving another image with the same name using picturebox.image.save method. then it is giving error saying that the file is being used by other processes.

plaese give me a solution..........
thanks in advance........
 

Answer 1

You probably do not need to delete the existing file but you probably must call Dispose explicitly for the file object that you used to write the image to previously. When writing to files, always call Flush before calling Close and/or Dispose, so to be safe, call Flush, Close and Dispose in that order.

Answer 2

thank you ...............

i have solved the problem by using
pictureBox1.Image.Dispose();

Answer 3

thank you gomathi....
while i am trying to delete the same msg "File is being used by other process" occures...plaese give me the code for that....
 

Answer 4

Hi friend,

have to delete the image first and save the new one

you have the answer in below link

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1036115/c-gdi-overwriting-an-image-using-save-method-of-bitmap