bitmap to imagesource code example

Example: bitmap to imagesource c#

//If you get 'dllimport unknown'-, then add 'using System.Runtime.InteropServices;'
    [DllImport("gdi32.dll", EntryPoint = "DeleteObject")]
    [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
    public static extern bool DeleteObject([In] IntPtr hObject);

    public ImageSource ImageSourceFromBitmap(Bitmap bmp)
    {
        var handle = bmp.GetHbitmap();
        try
        {
            return Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(handle, IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty, BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
        }
        finally { DeleteObject(handle); }               
    }