Reading TImage from stream

[cyprus106]

I need to read a TImage from a stream. I can load a TJEPGImage from a stream, a TBitmap from a stream, even a TGraphic from a stream, but a TImage won't let me. Why??? And how can I. I have to load an inage from a stream, but it won't let me. Any help, please??? Cyprus

 

[exodus300]

Try using TImage->Picture->Bitmap (if it's a bitmap). Look in help for TImage->Picture
In the end it will probably be the simplest, most obvious thing that I was doing wrong...

 

[cyprus106]

The problem is that it's not a bitmap. It's a GIF. I have a patch to work the GIF and integrate it with the TBitmap. That's not a problem. This is a client-server program. The server sends a stream (the GIF) to the client. I don't want the client to keep the GIF image on their hard drive. That would be a bad thing. I need the TImage to load it directly from the stream it was sent in. So basically, it has to be a stream. Any other help?? Cyprus