Help With Loading an Image In AIR

Question

I need to load an image (GIF) with AIR using File and FileStream, but can't figure out how to do it. I need to load the image into a Bitmap or BitmapData object, so I can't use the loader class. Here's what I have so far:
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.filesytem.*;
import flash.net.FileFilter;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
var file:File = File.documentsDirectory;
var myImage:BitmapData;
var myFilter:FileFilter = new FileFilter("GIF Image","*.gif");
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT,loadImage);
file.browseForOpen("Open",[myFilter]);
function loadImage(e:Event):void{
var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
stream.open(file,FileMode.READ);
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
stream.readBytes(bytes);
stream.close();
//By the way, this image is a special format and will always be 160 by 160 pixels.
myImage = new BitmapData(160,160);
bytes.position = 0;
myImage.setPixels(new Rectangle(0,0,160,160),bytes);
addChild(new Bitmap(myImage));
However, this never works. I always get this error:
Error #2030: End of file was encountered.
I don't quite understand why. Help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I already know how to do that, but I specifically stated in my post that I can't use the Loader class. The reason for that is that my program is an image manipulation program, and I need to load the data into a BitmapData object. However, since I originally made my post, I have found some more information. I used trace() to find out the length of the ByteArray I was loading the data into, and then the position after trying to create the BitmapData object, like so:
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.filesytem.*;
import flash.net.FileFilter;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.errors.EOFError;
var file:File = File.documentsDirectory;
var myImage:BitmapData;
var myFilter:FileFilter = new FileFilter("GIF Image","*.gif");
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT,loadImage);
file.browseForOpen("Open",[myFilter]);
function loadImage(e:Event):void{
     var stream:FileStream = new FileStream();
     stream.open(file,FileMode.READ);
     var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
     stream.readBytes(bytes);
     stream.close();
     trace(bytes.length); //Outputs: 4631
     //By the way, this image is a special format and will always be 160 by 160 pixels.
     myImage = new BitmapData(160,160);
     bytes.position = 0;
     try{
          myImage.setPixels(new Rectangle(0,0,160,160),bytes);
     } catch(e:EOFError){
          trace(bytes.position); //Outputs: 4628
     addChild(new Bitmap(myImage));
As the comments show, though the ByteArray is 4631 bytes, it is only read up until byte number 4628. Then it throws an error. Any idea what's going on?