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>>>Is the file local to this machine or on another machine? If it's on another machine, does the web server have a file share to it (or is the only way through http?)
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>>The files may be on this server or on another machine in our network. At this time I do not know how to access directories outside the current web structure, so as far as having share access, I am not clear on this. It would be most convenient to use the URL's which are already present.
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>Without testing this, I think something like this might work:
>
>

>using System.Net;
>// Code removed...
>
>using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
>{
>   byte[] file = client.DownloadData("http://www.website.com/images/MyImage.jpg");
>   MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(file);
>   using (System.Drawing.Image bmp = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(stream))
>   {
>     // Manipulate image
>   }
>}
>

Thanks Paul, I will give this a try. "You're the man"

Glenn