ExternalException (0x80004005) A generic error occurred in GDI+

Question

I have a problem with my program. I read byte[] from a SQL Server database and save this as a JPEG image.

while (reader1.Read())
{
    picBytes = null;
    picBytes = (byte[])reader1.GetValue(0);
    if (picBytes != null)
    {
        try
        {
            ms = new MemoryStream(picBytes, 0, picBytes.Length);
            returnImage = Image.FromStream(ms, true);
            returnImage.Save(@"path" + array[2] + ".jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            returnImage.Dispose();
            ms.Dispose();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e + array[2] + ".jpg");
        }
    }
}

I have read that in 99% there are permissions errors but 500 images are created correctly and 50 are not.

And this error is only thrown under Windows 7 64Bit... with XP there are no problems:

Error in System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)

Answer 1

There are still a few who have the same problem, so here how i solve the problem:

• Screw System.Drawing

use

• File.WriteAllBytes(pathString, picBytes);