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Load web image into picturebox

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Version: Framework 2.0

Function with picturebox and url as argument to display the passed url to image inside a picturebox I got this from freevbcode a while back.

Import/Using Directives

Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Text

Public Function LoadWebImageToPictureBox(ByVal pb _
   As PictureBox, ByVal ImageURL As String) As Boolean

        Dim objImage As MemoryStream
        Dim objwebClient As WebClient
        Dim sURL As String = Trim(ImageURL)
        Dim bAns As Boolean

        Try
            If Not sURL.ToLower().StartsWith("http://") _
                 Then sURL = "http://" & sURL
            objwebClient = New WebClient()


            objImage = New _
               MemoryStream(objwebClient.DownloadData(sURL))
            pb.Image = Image.FromStream(objImage)
            bAns = True
        Catch ex As Exception

            bAns = False
        End Try

        Return bAns

    End Function

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