BitmapImage in WPF does lock file

Question

I use:

Dim bmi As New BitmapImage(New Uri(fiInfo.FullName, UriKind.Absolute))
bmi.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad

this does not Use

Answer 1

I had a similar problem and I solved using this method: (it's a personalization of an answer here)

    public static BitmapImage BitmapFromUri(Uri source)
    {
        var bitmap = new BitmapImage();
        bitmap.BeginInit();
        bitmap.UriSource = source;
        bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
        bitmap.EndInit();
        return bitmap;
    }

You can open the image like this:

BitmapImage bimg = BitmapFromUri(new Uri(some_URI));

And it releases the image immediatly after loading it.

Hope it can helps!