Hi, I have code that adds a BarCode to a scanned image that is stored in a SQL database. It works fine for scanned images that are 8.5 x 11, but I also have some images that are 24x36. When I try to add the barcode to these larger images I get the Out of Memory error. I put the image on ...more >>

I'm working on a project that involves irregular shapes -- nodes in a complex animated directed graph, really -- and I was wondering about how I should go about building my architecture. I've been fooling around with a "roll my own" approach, in that I'm drawing the shapes in a Panel.OnPaint m...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can tell me how to transparently overlay text and images on a Windows Media Player or Shockwave control. thanks, Keith Langer ...more >>

I am having a problem getting my graphics to stay on a form on certain machines. I have a heat transfer project that does some calculations and then gives a visual representation of the results. The graphics are done within the code and look great, but on computers without visual studio, the gra...more >>

Hi I have to create some icons (from bitmaps) with transparent pixels. The problem is that creating them with "System.Drawing.Icon.FromHandle(mybitmap.GetHicon())" makes the transparent pixels in the bitmap black !! I tries settings the pixels in the bitmpa to every possible color (Transpa...more >>

Hi All, I created an owner draw Listbox with icon in each item. When I disable the listbox, the content and scrollbar inside will not be gray out automatically. Any suggestion to make the icon gray out (apply a filter to the icon bitmap before drawing can work?) and also have to make sc...more >>

Is there an equivelant to the Rectangle.Contains(Point) but for a Polygon. I'd like to detect if the mouse is over a wierd shape that I've drawn. Thanks. Steve. ...more >>

Despite searching for the past 4 days I have not found any solution to what should be a simple task: Create a PictureBox which renders its Image with an alpha value so that other control underneath it can show through, similar to what you get by setting a Forms opacity. The usual recommendati...more >>

Hello, I am trying to cycle images (tif) through a picture box. Say 5 or so. Its really slow and does not refresh for each image. How can I make sure that the user can see the images and also speed it up. Im using vb .net and wrote basically the same code in c# to see if it was faster. Any...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm trying to write up a simple image stamper application that stamps the Exif date information from the jpegs that I've taken from my digital camera and saves the new file with the date stamped on the lower right part of the picture. (I'm not an advanced programmer so my code ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm having some problems with the various clipboard formats, hopefully someone can give me some pointers. A certain application seems to copy it's image data to the clipboard as MetafilePict and not MetafileEnhanced. How can I get the data from the MetafilePict clipboard ent...more >>

Hi, I'm going nuts trying to work out why I'm getting a "Generic" error. I've included the code below. The error occurs when trying to save the file ( marked with a "HERE" comment). This is a console app'. Any help or suggestions for reading appreciated. Thanks FileStream fs = new F...more >>

Using VS 2005. I'm just beginning to learn about drawing in .NET, sorry if this question seems stupid. Here is some code: public partial class MainForm : Form { Bitmap b; public MainForm() { InitializeComponent(); int w = Cli...more >>

Hi: Can anyone please give me a possible solution. I need to write a function in .NET which would accept an array of image urls and should return one image. The method should create a new image by iterating through each image url, read the image and overlap one image above the other and ...more >>

Hi I have problems to display certain lines of text on my display. I know how many rows are in my text, eg 20. And I know the resolution of my Screen: Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width Now I want to display my text with Verdana bold as big as possible. Something is wrong or missing in my func...more >>

I was trying to open a tiff and write text to it using GDI when I came across the error "pixel format of the original image is indexed" I have read the groups and followed the instructions in order to come up with a solution but the problem Im having now is the sizing. When I open my image ...more >>

Hi, I tryed to draw a rectangle but it only appears when the code is in the Paint Event. I would like to know how can I draw something after a button click. Thanks in advance CC ...more >>

hello everyone, I am using a picturebox to show a map image. Only a part of the map image is loaded each time. The user can grab the map image in the picturebox and move it inside the picturebox. whenever the user reaches the part of the map which is not loaded , the new part of the map is l...more >>