An unhandled exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' occurred in System.Drawing.dll Additional information: Out of memory

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I have a list "images" that contains about 20 photos about 1MB each. I want to scroll through the images in the list by clicking the next button. But after about 8 pictures I get out of memory.

    private void button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //next
    {
        index++;
        if (index >= images.Count) index = 0;
        CurrImage = images[index]; 
        Bitmap b = new Bitmap((Bitmap)CurrImage.Clone()); //breakpoint occurs her
        pictureBox1.Image = b; 

        NewThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ChooseColors2));
    }

ChooseColors2 thread will use "CurrImage" so to avoid race conditions, I avoided that by creating a new bitmap as shown above

Please note that if I use pictureBox1.Image = CurrImage; without creating a new bit map I don't get this error but there will be race condition exception with the thread.

Grant Winney · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-19 03:41:53Z

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You could try calling the following before assigning a new Bitmap to pictureBox1.Image, to remove the previous "new" Bitmap and free up resources:

pictureBox1.Image.Dispose();

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 3:41

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Basco Over a year ago

Thanks Grant, I think I need to read more about memory leak. When ever I think That I have become a programmer, I then realize that I am still miles away. Thanks anyway for your help.

Dale K · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-20 06:30:10Z

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I believe that you can try also to make use of using keyword; as it will make sure that the object is disposed directly after it's scope. you can make it this way:

using (Bitmap b = new Bitmap((Bitmap)CurrImage.Clone()))
{
    pictureBox1.Image = b;
}`

For more details, please have a look at What are the uses of “using” in C#.

edited Jan 20, 2019 at 6:30

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answered Jan 16, 2019 at 10:18

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