Texture.FromFile Method (GraphicsDevice, Stream)

Note

This method is available only when developing for Windows.

Creates a texture resource from a stream.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics
Assembly: Microsoft.Xna.Framework (in microsoft.xna.framework.dll)

Syntax

public static Texture FromFile (
         GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice,
         Stream textureStream
)

Parameters

• graphicsDevice
  The graphics device to use to create the texture resource.
• textureStream
  Stream that contains the texture data.

Return Value

The texture resource that has been created on the specified graphics device.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	textureStream is null. The stream passed into this method cannot be null.
NotSupportedException	textureStream is not readable. Streams passed into this method must be readable.
EndOfStreamException	textureStream does not contain enough data to support this call.

Remarks

The supported texture image file formats are described by the ImageFileFormat enumeration.

See Also

Reference

Texture Class
Texture Members
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics Namespace

Platforms

Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista