C# – How to release Image from Image Source in WPF

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Am loading image like below

XAML

<Image Stretch="None" Grid.Row="16" Height="70" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="imgThumbnail" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="70" Grid.RowSpan="3" Margin="133,1,0,0" Grid.Column="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />

CodeBehind

if (Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filePath).ToLower().Contains(slugName.ToLower() + "_70x70"))
{
    imgThumbnail.BeginInit();
    imgThumbnail.Stretch = Stretch.UniformToFill;
    imgThumbnail.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(filePath));
    imgThumbnail.EndInit();
    count = count + 1;
}

Above code work fine , now I have a delete button next to my thumbnail, if delete button called I suppose to delete all the images from the source location.

Here is the code to delete the image files

internal int Remove(string slugName, DirectoryInfo outputFolder)
{
    Helper.MetadataView.imgThumbnail.Source = null;

    foreach (string filePath_ToBeDeleted in filePathList_ToBeDeleted)
    {
        if (File.Exists(filePath_ToBeDeleted))
        {
            Helper.MetadataView.imgThumbnail.IsEnabled = false;
            File.Delete(filePath_ToBeDeleted);
            count += 1;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }
    return 0; // slugName == null
}

I tried to source to be null and delete, but it throws exception like below

The process cannot access the file '\serv1\Dev\Images\730_Test4_0406_70x70.jpg' because it is being used by another process.

Am not sure how to dispose, please someone guide me.

Best Answer

You should not use that Image directly in your application if you want to delete or move it.

imgThumbnail.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(filePath));

Instead, do this:

BitmapImage image = new BitmapImage();
image.BeginInit();
image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
image.UriSource = new Uri(filePath);
image.EndInit();
imgThumbnail.Source = image;

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