Fix Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap) Memory Leak

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Jianming Li

Don’t forget to clean up after using Image img = Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap) or you will experience serious memory leaks.

Image img = null;
try {
  img = Image.FromHbitmap(hBitmap);
}finally{
  DeleteObject(hBitmap);
  img.Dispose();
}
 
[DllImport("gdi32.dll", EntryPoint = "DeleteObject")]
public static extern IntPtr DeleteObject(IntPtr hDc);

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