my $IMG = $DB-> get ...; Wx::FileSystem::AddHandler( Wx::MemoryFSHandler->new ); Wx::MemoryFSHandler::AddBinaryFile( 'photo.jpg', $IMG); Wx::InitAllImageHandlers(); my $imgr = Wx::Image->new('bg.jpg', wxBITMAP_TYPE_JPEG ); my $imgm = Wx::Image->new('memory:photo.jpg', wxBITMAP_TYPE_JPEG);