If ctl is a System.Windows.Forms.ListControl, when the following lines: using (SolidBrush br2 = new SolidBrush(fore)) { g.DrawString(text, ctl.Font, br2, x2 + 10, rect.Top); } can throw an ExternalException (A generic error occurred in GDI+)?...more >>

My application breaks multi-page faxes into a collection of images, one for each page. The faxes are saved by our fax software as multi-frame TIFFs with a pixel format of Format1bppIndexed. While processing the pages, I am creating a new Bitmap of each frame and found the new Bitmap had a ...more >>

In my (C# 2.0) application I have implemented international rich text rendering with uniscribe. It paint well on the screen. It's when I try to print or print preview I experience trouble. PrintPreview doesn't work at all. I just have a blank page. Printing kind of work but I have to sca...more >>

I am looking to make a homegrown vector drawing tool, similar to making vector drawings in Word or Powerpoint. It should be easy to use and intuitive, like Word or the old MacDraw. I want to make it easy for beginners, as opposed to something harder or more involved like Illustrator or Flash... ...more >>

Hi i wan to build an application to show some stuff in a graphical way. I'm a datwarehousedeveloper and i want to build a graphical interface for representing the facts and dimensions. I want to create context menu's and i want to drill down on a dimension or a fact. It should be possible to sho...more >>

I'm currently drawing a line graph using the DrawCurve method. So I have an array of points through which the line should be drawn. This is all going well, but there is an issue I can't come round. The values in the graph are percentages (0-100%). But if point 1 is a low percentage (say 50%), ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to write a small app that would allow me to fix up pages that i have scanned (scanned book). Durring scanning its harder to keep page fixed etc. To make my life easy i thought write a quick app to do this thing repeatdly. But i am facing some wierd problem with scalling o...more >>

Hello, I am comverting a TIF to 1 bit and this works really well for all that I need it for, except for the amount of time it takes to accomplish this. On a 3 page Tif it is taking over 5 seconds on my computer and over 8 on others. I know this is small fries, but I really need to speed u...more >>

Hello, I have a panel that I create at runtime which is docked at the top of my form and then filled in with a gradient using the Overrides OnPaint method. Everything seems to work jus fine, the gradient is drawn correctly as well as any text too. However, when hovering over one of the mi...more >>

Greetings, I am trying to draw text, character by character, using GDI+. When I use Graphics.MeasureString() and add the result to my X coordinate and draw the character, I get a completely different spacing between characters than when I use Graphics.DrawString(). My specific question ...more >>

I'm trying to read a jpg file into a buffer then respond back to a browser client with the image In the browser page I have <img src="imageGenerator.aspx"> Here's the code I'm trying to get to work. It doesn't all I get in the browser is an image placeholder. Imports System.drawing.Imag...more >>

I have .NET 2.0. I copy paste a JPEG image in from Word into my control. Later on I want to save this picture and try the following code: Image anImg; // pasted JPEG MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); anImg.Save(ms, anImg.RawFormat); this always throw an argument null exception (encod...more >>

Hi, I recently started a little project on my own which purpose is the following: - Having "furniture" modules displayed on screen by pressing specific pushbuttons. - Being able to select modules by the mean of a mouse click and then move them. - Being able to ins...more >>

Hi there, im converting my MFC tetris to .net with mfc you can bitblt an image many times to the screen in different locations. can one do this with .Net? im stuck. m using windows form application in c++ and im trying to display a graphic file (bmp) to the form. The only catch is i do not w...more >>

I have a copy code as below. Which works well inside my application. But if I try to copy a picture into word, it always fail! Any tips? =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D public static void SetPasteboard(Object obj) { IDataObject ido =3D new DataObject(); ido.SetData(obj); if (obj is Bitmap) ...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to create a whole note (musical note) using a graphics path. A whole note is just a filled ellipse with a smaller slightly rotated ellipse cut out of its center. Is it possible to do this using a GraphicsPath object? I was thinking I would create two ellipses. Rotate...more >>

I have an System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile and I need to save it to any different formats. This is fine since I can pass in an ImageFormat into the Metafile's Save method. However, if I try and save it as a metafile it actual creates a PNG. Heres a tiny bit of code that generates a sample metafil...more >>