PictureBox SafeReplaceImage extension

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Another extension for the winforms picturebox component.
Basically it just lets you forget about the disposal of the previous image. Saved me a lot of headache.

Some source-code (C#)

public static void SafeReplaceImage(this PictureBox pbox, Image image)
{
 var tmp = pbox.Image;
 pbox.Image = image;
 if (tmp != null)
 {
  tmp.Dispose();
  tmp = null;
 }
}

Hope this helps someone out there! :)

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Extension PictureBox ResizeImageToFit

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Another useful extension, this time for the standard Windows Forms PictureBox. The issue for me, is that I usually just want to throw a picture at it and it should just show it, not crop it, not kill the aspect ratio etc. So I tend to use this extension method after assigning a new picture to the PictureBox.Image property to correctly show the picture in center mode if it is smaller then the box, or zoom it to fit inside the box if it is larger, still keeping the aspect ratio.

Some source-code (C#)

public static void ResizeImageToFit(this PictureBox pbox)
{
 if (pbox.Size.Height > pbox.Image.Size.Height && pbox.Size.Width > pbox.Image.Size.Width)
  pbox.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
 else
  pbox.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.Zoom;
}

Hope this helps someone out there :)

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