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all groups > dotnet drawing api > november 2004 > threads for november 8 - 14, 2004

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Request to Mr Bob Powell
Posted by Peder Y at 11/14/2004 9:13:43 PM
Hi Bob! Would it be possible to get a copy of your newsletter articles? I don't know if it was a pay-service or not, but in the latter case I'd really like to read them. My email is pedery (at) ifi.uio.no. Thanks! - Peder -...more >>

poor jpg quality
Posted by Kevin Marshall at 11/13/2004 10:43:43 PM
I am using the following code to create a thumbnail of a jpg image, its works but the quality of the resulting image is not very good, if I do the same thing in a graphics program like fireworks its much better, does anyone know how to get .NET to make better quality images, it does not matter...more >>

iHTMLElementrender.drawtodc causes error in VB.net application
Posted by ddd at 11/13/2004 10:39:40 PM
Hi, I am having problems with using the DrawToDC of the MSHTML.iHTMLElementRender in a VB.net application. For some reason I am getting a "catastrophic error". I am basing the code on c# examples, and I am not sure what exactly I am doing wrong. From the C# posts it seems that the drawtodc ha...more >>

Rotate 3D cube
Posted by Sam at 11/12/2004 12:57:49 PM
Hi All I have a function that takes 4 arguments: a point coordinate (x,y,z), an angle, and the other 2 arguments are point coordinate that define an arbitrary axis. Does anyone know how to define the 2 points (or an algorithm) that define the vector of the axis so that when I move my mouse i...more >>

DrawString - OutOfMemoryException
Posted by Brad Jones at 11/12/2004 10:21:17 AM
Hello. I have been battling a problem for days and I can't seem to find a solution. I have a custom control, that simply draws a text string within a specified bounding rectangle. I have been getting exceptions, as of yesterday they were System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException. Now ...more >>

AutoScroll question...!?!?!?!?
Posted by Paul Wardle at 11/12/2004 12:12:01 AM
I have a control, and I am painting shapes onto it. I have AutoScroll set to "True" and the AutoScrollMinSize to be the extents of the document. The control scrolls and paints corectly. Now I want to paint rulers at the top left edges. The rulers are "docked" to the top left edges but they...more >>

Is Windows GDI considered to be thread safe???
Posted by Ofir at 11/11/2004 11:27:16 AM
As i have undersood, GDI+ is not considered to be thread safe. What about Windows GDI?? is using windows GDI functions considered to be thread safe?? can i access the Hdc for drawing from different threads?? Thanks, Ofir ...more >>

Printing - Print dialog looks great - PDF version garbled
Posted by davecline NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 11/11/2004 9:47:00 AM
Tribe, Maybe there should be a new group "microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.printing"? Anyway, I'm using the: PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument(); printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(PagePrintHandler); method of printing. It works great. I use the: PrintPre...more >>



Is GDI+ Functions Thread Safe??
Posted by Ofir at 11/10/2004 4:28:54 PM
Hellow, I have a program that draws lines,text,images on a graphics object, from a Thread, using GDI+. are GDI+ considered to be thread safe, or i must invoke my draw method to the main thraed, and draw from there. thanks, Ofir. ...more >>

Out of Memory Exception on DrawImage
Posted by Mark Redman at 11/10/2004 1:50:25 PM
Hi All, I am getting an out of memory exception error calling Graphics.DrawImage on a 12 Mb file in an ASP.NET app. I am croping and resizing using the function (below) My machine is a new and fast hyperthreaded pent 4, 1Gb ram, this should work? I can open the file in paint and view it ...more >>

GDI+, GDI, DirectDraw or DirectX?
Posted by pyda001 NO[at]SPAM ec.auckland.ac.nz at 11/9/2004 6:50:07 PM
Hi! I'm developing a special kind of imaging program in C#. An "image" in my program context is layered and can have a real image background. These are usually 1024 * 768 pixels. I draw vector graphics objects on top of this, like circles, rectangles, textboxes and arrows in an retained mode gr...more >>

Highlight parts of image
Posted by Brad Shook at 11/9/2004 4:04:29 PM
How do I allow a user to Draw a highlighting rectangle onto a picture box as a separate image. Basically I need to be able to click and drag a box on different parts of an image and delete them if they are not needed later. This only has to be done on the screen and not saved back to the actual ...more >>

Load .tif Image
Posted by Brad Shook at 11/9/2004 4:01:53 PM
How do I load a .tif image into a picture box on a vb.net form? Thanks, Brad Shook ...more >>

Erasing rectangles
Posted by Landley at 11/9/2004 12:40:01 AM
I have a panel with a gradient filled background. I have drawn a rectangle on top in a solid color and wish to cut a smaller rectangle out it, revealing the gradient filled background. I am having problems trying to find a method or brush that I can use that will in effect perform as an erase...more >>

Background drawing, BitBlt()
Posted by Robert Misiak at 11/8/2004 4:27:03 PM
I decided to create my own "skinned" TabControl/TabPage's for a project. It may be a little easier to describe what I'm trying to do with an image so here it is: http://chronosxp.sf.net/CustomTabControl.bmp The custom TabControl paints the gradient background; the custom TabPage (ideally) ...more >>


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