Creating BitmapImage throws missing key exception - wpf

Question

I have a view that displays an image with it's title and comment alongside it.
When I load up existing images I utilize this code:
this.ArtifactIdentity = image.ArtifactIdentity;
this.Comment = image.Comment;
this.Name = image.Name;
this.MediaIdentity = image.MediaIdentity;
this.ImageArray = image.Image;
Image = new BitmapImage();
Image.BeginInit();
Image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.None;
Image.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache;
Image.StreamSource = new MemoryStream(this.ImageArray);
Image.EndInit();
When I execute the EndInit() it throw the exception missing parameter key. The stack trace shows this:
at System.Collections.Hashtable.ContainsKey(Object key)
at System.Collections.Hashtable.Contains(Object key)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.ImagingCache.RemoveFromCache(Uri uri, Hashtable table)
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.FinalizeCreation()
at System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage.EndInit()
So can anyone tell me why I am getting this exception when I am using code I've seen many others use with success and yet I get this exception??? I'm at a loss!

Answer 1

This is caused by a bug in WPF, in BitmapImage.FinalizeCreation():
if ((CreateOptions & BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache) != 0)
{
ImagingCache.RemoveFromImageCache(uri);
}
If you specify IgnoreImageCache, but don't load from a URI, it breaks.
Just get rid of that flag; it only applies when loading from URLs.

Answer 2

I found an article that was written by Bradley Grainger here and had a list of exceptions caused by loading a BitmapImage. What SLaks stated is correct but in Brad's article he stated that the next exception (No Imaging component suitable to complete...) is frequently showing up on Windows 7 machines. The exception suggests that the metadata is corrupted in some way.
My solution took some testing to confirm but basically if I take the byte stream, save it to a temp file, then use that tempfile to populate the BitmapImage I can successfully load it without exceptions.
It is not the most desired solution but it does the one thing that I needed: it displays the image without exceptions!