How to load an image to a PictureBox from web using VB.Net

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Add the following function and use it as below to load the image from web.

LoadImageFromWeb (PictureBox1, "http://www.yourdomain.com/yourimage.jpg")

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Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Text

Public Function LoadImageFromWeb(ByVal pb As PictureBox, ByVal ImageURL As String) As Boolean

	Dim objImage As MemoryStream
	Dim objwebClient As WebClient
	Dim sURL As String = Trim(ImageURL)
	Dim bAns As Boolean
	
	Try
		If Not sURL.ToLower().StartsWith("http://") Then sURL = "http://" & sURL
		objwebClient = New WebClient()
		
		objImage = New MemoryStream(objwebClient.DownloadData(sURL))
		pb.Image = Image.FromStream(objImage)
		bAns = True
	Catch ex As Exception
		
		bAns = False
	End Try
	
	Return bAns

End Function