Loading a tiff image in C#.NET, Converting it to a Bitmap, then releasing hold of the physical file

Hey,

===Preamble===
The title pretty much sums up what I am trying to do. I have created a class to help me streamline dealing with Tiff images in .NET. The problem I am having is showing that image, and acting on the file at the same time.

===Problem===
I'll explain what I am currently doing in Code Sample #1 provided. I'm loading the tiff file into an image object. I'm extracting various pieces of information about the file, then I'm loading individual pages/frames (I'm generally dealing in Tiffs with a bare minimum of at least 25 pages) into MemoryStreams which I then use to load Bitmap Objects from, which I then store in an ArrayList for later use (paging through the tiff).

The problem I need solved happens when Code Sample #2 runs. I load up the TiffImage object. I set the PictureBox's image to one of the bitmaps I have stored in the TiffImage, then I try to delete the file, or move the file. I get an error politely informing me that I can not access that object (The program still has a hold of it... I can do anything I want to it once the process is over, but during, that file is nailed down.

===Solutions I have already come up with and why I don't want to use them===
1)Make a copy of the file first before loading it, and have the form view the copy of the file wihle doing whatever is needed on the real file
<no>) Some of the tiffs I am dealing with get really big, and that not only adds extra bogus disk space, but it adds extra wait time.

2)Load the file and then ditch it all every time I need to access a new page or piece of information. This is what I am currently doing just so I can get the rest of my project up and limping along while I figure out what to do. This, obviously, is not Code Sample #1, but I don't want to post what I'm doing now because it's such a junky hack that I'm embarassed to even admit to doing it.
<no>) This is not acceptable, because every "next frame" and query on the image takes way too long (longer than an eyeblink for something that should be shorter than instant).

===Questions I need answered===
1) How do I go about showing a tiff in a windows form  while at the same time maintaining an ability to delete/move/etc the physical file itself, without having to first make a copy of the file.
2) When putting the file into memory like I have shown I do above, is there a way to compress the individual pages I'm getting off of the tiff into something like a jpg (does ImageFormat.Jpeg actually do the compression, or does it just make the same filesize readable as a jpeg?) without outside software or too much extra work?Start Free Trial

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//
//
//Code Sample #1
//
//
        private string myPath;
        private Guid myGuid;
        private FrameDimension myDimension;
        private ArrayList myImages = new ArrayList();
        private int myPageCount;
 
        public TiffImage(string path)
        {
            MemoryStream ms;
            Image myImage;
 
            myPath = path;
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(myPath, FileMode.Open);
            myImage = Image.FromStream(fs);
            myGuid = myImage.FrameDimensionsList[0];
            myDimension = new FrameDimension(myGuid);
            myPageCount = myImage.GetFrameCount(myDimension);
            for (int i = 0; i < myPageCount; i++)
            {
                ms = new MemoryStream();
                myImage.SelectActiveFrame(myDimension, i);
                myImage.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Bmp);
                myBMP = new Bitmap(ms);
                myImages.Add(myBMP);
                ms.Close();
            }
            fs.Close();
        }
 
//
// Code Sample #2
 
TiffImage myTiff = new TiffImage(path);
//imageBox is a PictureBox control, and the [] operators pass back 
//the Bitmap stored at that position in the myImages ArrayList in the TiffImage
imageBox.Image = myTiff[0];
File.Delete(path);