A simple start ?

[Miura]

Hi,

 

I'm new to this Framework, and don't know where to start.

If I would like to show a image from the Harddisk on a form, can

anyone please write some code i VB.Net, so I can get an idea

how to use System.Drawing Namespace.

 

Thanks,

Lars

[divil]

For a simple request like this you don't have to do any drawing, you can simply assign an Image to the BackgroundImage of the form and it will do the drawing for you. To load a bitmap from disk, you use the constructor for the Bitmap class:

 

Dim b As New Bitmap("c:\mybitmap.bmp")
Me.BackgroundImage = b

 

To draw it yourself, you would skip that second like and keep b around in memory. In the Paint event of the form you would use the DrawImage method of the Graphics class passed to the event under e.

[mooman_fl]

If you want a good set of tutorials with lots of basic code on GDI+ then try this page:

 

http://www.informit.com/content/index.asp?product_id=%7B00C5C1E2-C529-441E-882D-FCF15A71B7F8%7D

 

Read it thoroughly and actually use the example code and study it. It is really helpful in picking up this subject. They do what you were asking about (displaying bitmaps on forms) but that is handled somwhere in the neighborhood of chapter 5 or 6.

[Miura]

Thanks, I have read a little!. But what am I doing wrong.

 

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

 

Dim GraphicsFun As System.Drawing.Graphics

Dim myBitmap As New Bitmap("D:\Murcielago1.bmp")

 

GraphicsFun = Me.CreateGraphics

GraphicsFun.DrawImage(myBitmap, 10, 10)

 

End Sub

 

Thanks,

Lars.

[Miura]

I got this errormessage:

 

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in system.drawing.dll

 

Additional information: Invalid parameter used.

[divil]

That code should work just fine. Are you sure that bitmap exists and is in the correct format?

[Miura]

I have fixed the problem now.

 

Thanks a lot, and have a nice day.

[Nerseus]

Don't forget to use:

GraphicsFun.Dispose()

 

after your call to DrawImage(). You must Dispose of the Graphics objects that you create yourself through CreateGraphics(). If you use the Graphics object provided through a Paint event, you do NOT want to call Dispose().

 

-Nerseus