LeadTools v17 Codecs.LoadAsync

Hi All,

I have a question about the LoadAsync method of the RasterCodecs class. When I attempt to use it, it causes my application to crash if the image does not exist (file not found exception), because it is impossible to trap an exception coming from the internal thread. Using the codecs.ThrowExceptionsOnInvalidImages = False it should not (to my understanding) throw exceptions during image load, however it's still being thrown. I also had the understanding that the event "LoadAsyncCompleted" would fire and have a property on the CodecsLoadAsyncCompletedEventArgs argument indicating the exception.

The questions I suppose are, is this expected behavior? and is there a way to prevent the throwing of the exception if the image does not exist during the LoadAsync?

I would like to discuss this further in a support ticket.

If you would email support@leadtools.com we will take it from there.

May I clarify who Danny H is? According to his forum profile the profile was created today and does not bear the markings of an official LEADTools forum moderator or employee that I've seen responding to other threads.

Yes. Danny is a LEAD Support employee. His profile was not updated yet. But it should be updated soon. Please follow Danny's instructions and send an email to support@leadtools.com.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Email has been sent. Thank you for your time, and thank you to the rest of the support staff ahead of time!

The ThrowExceptionOnInvalidImages property is refering to our internal exceptions. It
is understood that the file has already been verified as being in existance.

There are two ways to handle this. Both can be used if the file is local. The second can
be used even if the file is a URL.

1:
if ( File.Exists( "nameoffile" ) == true )
{
image = LoadAsync( "nameoffile", null )\;
}

2:

if ( IsUrlValid( "nameoffile" ) == true )
{
image = LoadAsync( "nameoffile", null )\;
}

public static bool IsUrlValid(string URL)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URL)\;
using (HttpWebResponse webResponse=(HttpWebResponse)
webRequest.GetResponse())
{
if (webResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
return true\;
}
}
catch
{
}

return false\;
}


Like I said either of these solutions will work for you and prevent the file does not exist
exception from ever occuring. All of our internal exceptions will be reported in the callback.

Thank you for the response. It would have been nice if the LoadAsync method did actually handle for most of the exceptions. Because of the environment I'm in a network timeout can take as many as 11 seconds, hence the need for the async. Instead of using the built in method LoadAsync I'm now using a background worker object and the normal Codecs.Load method.

Again, thank you for your time!