C# - Load Web Image Into PictureBox

This code snippet shows how to extend the PictureBox control to load images from the web using the WebClient class.

1. using System.Collections.Generic;  
2. using System.Drawing;  
3. using System.IO;  
4. using System.Windows.Forms;  
5. using System.Net;  
6.  
7. class xPictureBox : PictureBox  
8. {  
9.     public string Url  
10.     {  
11.         set  
12.         {  
13.             using (WebClient client = new WebClient())  
14.             {  
15.                 byte[] bytes = client.DownloadData(value);  
16.  
17.                 using (MemoryStream mStream = new MemoryStream(bytes))  
18.                 {  
19.                     Image img = Image.FromStream(mStream);  
20.                     this.Image = img;  
21.                 }  
22.             }  
23.         }  
24.     }  
25. }