Hi, with GDI+ I tried to implement a custom made grid/spread that draws e.g. 20 x 50 cells on a WindowsForm. The cell-positions are buffered in an ArrayList at runtime and are connected to scrollbars. A text-edit box moves along the mouse position for data entry. Though I used some code for do...more >>

I've got a program that needs to get the bitmap of the winform. I've got the graphics object, but cant find a way to get a bitmap from it. i need the bitmap because i need to do some Bitmap.GetPixel() work. so two questions 1. can i get the pixel color of x and y from a graphics object 2. i...more >>

When I have a 3-Dimensional Point is it better to use a class or a struct? I heard that if the size of the struct is greater than 16 bytes but in my feelings using a class for 3 double values (24 bytes) is overhead. In the app I've planned i would have thousands of 3DPoints, isn't it better to us...more >>

Hi, im making an app that generates an animated gif (8 frames for now), and im trying to save it to a file.. somebody suggested the SaveAdd method of System.Drawing.Images but after spending 3 hours on msdn trying to figgure out how to get EncoderParams to work with it... i almost gave up on it.. ...more >>

Hi the Antialiasing of AddString doesn't work. Please: what's the difference betwee myGraphicPath.AddString(...) ~>Antialiasing doesn't works (looks ugly on small sized fonts, like Fax an myGraphic.DrawString(...) ~> works fine, also on small font how can I match the needs for better reso...more >>

Hi there, I would like to be able to draw objects onto a canvas and have them as selectable objects that can have text added, much like the way Visio works but on a smaller scale. The end result should allow a user to drag a row from the grid onto the canvas, which will generate a shape (se...more >>

How would I draw a Icon or Bitmap on a GraphicsPath object? VJ ...more >>

I have code that resizes JPG well... actually I developed it from a newsgroup post here: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=eB7LHhuODHA.4024%40tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DeB7LHhuODHA.4024%2540tk2msft...more >>

Hi I am really struggling to find a way of rendering some text so that it fits nicely in a rectangle. I don't care how big or small the text ends up, just as long as fits in the defined RectangleF object Basically I am looking for something similar to Graphics.drawString but which scales the fon...more >>

I am trying to pull in an image and then put some text next to it to create one Image I am new to GDI or any type of graphic creation like this so I was wondering if any has an article that would show me how to do this? TIA -Stanley ...more >>

Hello, I'm building an assembly that it run image procesing. I'm building a class library project in C# and I'm trying to use "using System.Drawing" and the compiler show this error "The type or namespace name 'Drawing' does not exist in the class or namespace 'System' (are you missing an assemb...more >>

Hi , i got some problems using Paint event... the thing is that i got my form divided in 2 using a splitter. the splitter divides 2 Panels that are Docked to Fill inside each panel i want to draw a small grey rectangle acting like borders of the panel,it is working but if i move the Splitter ...more >>

Hi, I am using the PrintPreviewControl in my form and when I refresh it a status message dialog box shows up which displays the page # being printed. But, I want this status dialog only while printing not while previewing. I have tried setting the PrintDocument.PrintController to Stan...more >>

Hi, i've been using .net drawing for my own user controls and also for printing but i can't find any information on overriding the OnPaint event in inherited controls, specifically a listview. Would i have to draw the entire control myself or could i just paint certain things such as the col head...more >>

Hi again, I've got another transparency problem. Q: How can I make _parts_ of a Form _semi_transparent? - Opacity affects the _whole_ Form. - The TransparencyKey makes areas _completely_ transparent. So both are not what I am looking for. The following example uses the alpha channel: ...more >>

(using VB.net) Hi, I've created my own component inheriting from the RichTextBox. I override the WndProc's WM_NCPAINT so I can draw my own border (color). When I set my BorderColor property, then I want to refresh my component to draw the new bordercolor. I've tried with invalidate ...more >>

I develop with C# I want to add a button next to 'X' close button on windows form. I do not show minimize and maximize buttons I want to reset the form to its default position and size when it will be clicked and I would like to have custom symbol on this new button ...more >>

Hi All I have a number of extremely large (10k x 10k pixels) bitmap images that fit together represent a geographic map. I could convert the maps to a lossy format and greatly reduce their size - but I really don't want to I need to display to users a map centered on their current position (the...more >>

Hi , i got some problems using Paint event... the thing is that i got my form divided in 2 using a splitter. the splitter divides 2 Panels that are Docked to Fill inside each panel i want to draw a small grey rectangle acting like borders of the panel,it is working but if i move the Splitter ...more >>

Hi all, Been struggling for a long time with a very intensive GUI in .NET for a large project. I originally tried it in .NET but it was way to slow. I then experimented with an activeX control/DLL API in .NET which worked okay but was always a 'work around'. Finally I looked back into using...more >>

Hi, I set the TransparencyKey of a Form = Color.Green. Why doesn't the following code create a transparent client area? Private Sub Form1_Paint( _ ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) _ Handles MyBase.Paint Dim bmp As Bitmap Dim g As ...more >>