c# - System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid

Question

I have a page that sends html5 canvas data, encoded as a base64 bmp image (using this algorithm http://devpro.it/code/216.html) to a serverside process that converts it into a System.Drawing.Image object and does some operations on it.

In my local environment, this works just fine, but on my ec2 instance I get the following error:

System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. at System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(Stream stream, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement, Boolean validateImageData) at System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(Stream stream, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)

My code looks as follows:

System.Drawing.Image image = null;
string b64string = "...";
byte[] sf = Convert.FromBase64String(b64string );
using (MemoryStream s = new MemoryStream(sf, 0, sf.Length))
{
   image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(s, false);
}
...

Here's a text file with a sample b64string that I'm using to test: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzVLGmig1YZ3MTM0ODBiNjItNzk4Yi00MzI5LWI5ZWMtMzU1OThlNWEyMTU5&hl=en_US

I've also tried the following and had the same results:

System.Drawing.ImageConverter converter = new System.Drawing.ImageConverter();
image = converter.ConvertFrom(sf) as System.Drawing.Image;         

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I still don't know the real cause of your problem, but i guess it is related with a image format which Image class doesn't recognize. After inspecting the binary data a little bit, I could be able to form your image. I hope this helps.

Bitmap GetBitmap(byte[] buf)
{
    Int16 width = BitConverter.ToInt16(buf, 18);
    Int16 height = BitConverter.ToInt16(buf, 22);

    Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(width, height);

    int imageSize = width * height * 4;
    int headerSize = BitConverter.ToInt16(buf, 10);

    System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(imageSize == buf.Length - headerSize);

    int offset = headerSize;
    for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
    {
        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
        {
            bitmap.SetPixel(x, height - y - 1, Color.FromArgb(buf[offset + 3], buf[offset], buf[offset + 1], buf[offset + 2]));
            offset += 4;
        }
    }
    return bitmap;
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    using (FileStream f = File.OpenRead("base64.txt"))
    {
        byte[] buf = Convert.FromBase64String(new StreamReader(f).ReadToEnd());

        Bitmap bmp = GetBitmap(buf);
        this.ClientSize = new Size(bmp.Width, bmp.Height);
        this.BackgroundImage = bmp;
    }
}