how to load images with a background wroker

Question

Hello

I need to load a relative large number of images on image controls.

To improve the user experience i would like to implement a background worker to load the images and show them during the process of loading
instead of showing them at the end of the process so the user can have a filing that all is working.

How can I achieve this if a backgroundworker can not deal with image controls and can not pass bitmapimages?

Answer 1

You can use streams. Read the file into a stream, and you can pass the stream. Many classes (Including BitmapImage, in the property StreamSource) will take a stream, including those in WPF.

Answer 2

just discovered that the bitmapimage can be frozen and passed back