How does one get the dimensions of an image from a stream (without rendering it)?

Question

I'm doing the standard CameraChooserTask dance. In my callback, I'd like to get the dimensions of the captured photo.

I tried using BitmapImage, as below, but since the BitmapImage isn't part of the render tree, I don't think it actually does any decoding (its ImageOpened event doesn't fire).

private void CameraCapture_Completed(object sender, PhotoResult e)
{
  if (e.TaskResult == TaskResult.OK && e.ChosenPhoto != null)
  {
    // This code DOES NOT work:
    // BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
    // bi.SetSource(stream);
    // ... use bi.PixelHeight and bi.PixelWidth ...

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '11 at 00:31

Ah, the trick is to force someone to use the BitmapSource. By assigning it as the source for an Image, the PixelHeight and PixelWidth properties get set.

private void CameraCapture_Completed(object sender, PhotoResult e)
{
  if (e.TaskResult == TaskResult.OK && e.ChosenPhoto != null)
  {
    BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
    bi.SetSource(stream);

    Image image = new Image();
    image.Source = bi;

    // ... use bi.PixelHeight and bi.PixelWidth ...

How does one get the dimensions of an image from a stream (without rendering it)?

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