Cannot Convert System.String to System.Uri

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I am using the Web Client Class to download files from the internet (Flickr actually). This works fine as long as I use : `WebClient().DownloadData(string)` , however this locks up the UI as it is Not asynchronous. However when I try `WebClient().DownloadDatAsync(string)`, I get a compile error: "Unable to convert System.String to System.Uri". The string MediumUrl returns `"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/2232/2232/someimage.jpg"` So the question is how do I convert the string `"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/2232/2232/someimage.jpg"` to a Uri. Things I have tried- - I have tried to cast it to Uri but that does not work either. I have tried `Uri myuri = new uri(string)` - errors out as above. ``` foreach (Photo photo in allphotos) { //Console.WriteLine(String.Format("photo title is :{0}", photo.Title)); objimage = new MemoryStream(wc.DownloadData(photo.MediumUrl)); images.Add(new Pictures(new Bitmap(objimage), photo.MediumUrl, photo.Title)); } ```

Accepted Answer

This works just fine;

```
System.Uri uri = new System.Uri("http://farm4.static.flickr.com/2232/2232/someimage.jpg");
```

By the way; I notice you mistyped the expression new uri(..., with lowercase uri. This is not your problem, is it? Because it should be "new Uri".

Cannot Convert System.String to System.Uri

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