Saving an image with SaveJpeg fires an error related to Image

Question

I'm using the following code to resize and save an uploaded image to the srever with SaveJpeg. When I run my code I get an error: Image' is an ambiguous reference between 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image' and 'System.Drawin...

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HttpPostedFile imageFile = uploadedFile;
                            string newname = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("yyMMdd-hhmmss-") + uploadedFile.FileName;

                            System.Drawing.Image bm = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(imageFile.InputStream);
                            bm = ResizeBitmap((Bitmap)bm, 200); /// new width, height                                                                          

                            // Save the image with a quality of 50%
                            SaveJpeg(System.IO.Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("/Members/images/BG/"), newname), bm, 50); 
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public static void SaveJpeg(string path, Image bm, int quality)
   {
code stuff

}

Answer 1

try this change this line

public static void SaveJpeg(string path, System.Drawing.Image bm, int quality)
{
   code stuff

}

you are using System.Web.UI.WebControls image and System.Drawing Image without giving prper identification. this is the reason compiler got confused between these two differant type of images.