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GDI+

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

9 May 2012 by Josh Smith

A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it

.NET

Windows

GDI+

WinForms

Visual-Studio

Dev

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Vash - A GDI+ Flash-Like Vector Animation Program

27 Apr 2016 by Clayton Rumley

There are those who think I am crazy, and this just might be the proof.

2D "Nim" Game Development and Animation in C# (Part 2)

16 Aug 2007 by Volynsky Alex

Part 2 in a series of articles on a two-player mathematical game of strategy

Circular Indeterminate Progress Indicator Control

10 Apr 2013 by gggustafson

This article introduces the reader to the steps taken to create a user control that displays a circular indeterminate progress control.

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

1 Feb 2017 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

CropBox

21 Aug 2019 by Johnny J.

Easily add image cropping to your desktop application

A Simple XML Validator, using VOLE

16 Apr 2007 by Matt (D) Wilson

A simple command-line utility that validates XML files, implemented using MSXML via the VOLE COM/Automation driver library

A Better Line Control

2 Feb 2013 by Ron Beyer

A WinForms line control that works how you would expect one to.

How to create an easy plugin-system in C#

15 Feb 2013 by Dread_Sharp

How to build an easy plugin system with C# which only takes about 30 lines of code!

Image Filters

30 Sep 2009 by Fiwel

Different ways to apply image filters.

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

29 Jun 2009 by Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

Internal Supply Chain, Visibility via 200 plus 3D Chart Reports - Part II

8 Oct 2009 by Syed Hasan Hyder

This article focuses on internal supply chain management systems visibility via chart reports, and provides assessment apparatus to manage and monitor activities spawned during business processes, hence paves the way for timely and precise business decisions.

WPF-Less GDI+.NET Report Component: Star Report

25 Jan 2013 by FatCatProgrammer

StarReport: WPF-less GDI+.NET report component.

Cubic Bezier Spline Curves and Image Curve Adjustment

12 May 2009 by YLS CS

Cubic Bezier Spline Curves constructed and used in Image Curve adjustment

Windows

GDI+

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012 by Lars [Large] Werner

Windows has built inn support for a lot of keyboard languages, this class makes it possible to extract that info in an easy manner and present it to screen.

Generic Picker Dropdown Control

12 Dec 2008 by Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

A flexible easily overridable combo-box-alike control for choosing from a 2D array of options

APNG Viewer

6 May 2009 by SprinterDave, Huisheng Chen

Parse and extract APNG frames to each PNG file

Adorners, Glyphs, Behavior, and ControlDesigner for WinForms Controls

30 Mar 2015 by SSDiver2112

Interactive Design Time Control Overlays to make editing custom controls easier.

WinDrawLib

11 Apr 2016 by Martin Mitáš

Direct2D or GDI+? Perhaps both, with a help of the right library.

Ownerdrawn ComboBox Example

5 Jul 2013 by Johnny J.

A sample owner-drawn ComboBox

Custom Winamp-Style TrackBar (Slider)

2 Jun 2015 by Johnny J.

A custom drawn TrackBar that looks like the one in the classic Winamp skin

.NET

VS2013

GDI+

[tut 8] Hand tool

29 Jun 2016 by The Zakies

we would create Hand_tool to pan through the drawing form, and we would use a custom cursor of open and closed hands

Hacking FontDialog

23 Aug 2008 by legcsabi

How to hide UI elements of a FontDialog (e.g., Font Size).

Fast and high quality Bitmap to icon converter

29 Jul 2013 by Ordiales

When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.

Simple Paint Application in C#

25 Aug 2014 by Anoop Kr Sharma

In this Tip/Trick, I am going to show How to create Simple Paint Application in C#

Gradient Color Picker - Revised Again

14 Jun 2021 by gggustafson

This article revises an earlier revision of the Gradient Color Picker (V2). The incentive for the revision was a reader request for a larger number of initial color choices.

Color Scale Filter

17 Jul 2007 by Miran.Uhan

Grayscale and color scale filters.

Drawing Formatted Text in a Windows Forms Application using WPF FormattedText Class

22 Aug 2012 by wborgsm

How to draw muliline formatted text on a System.Drawing.Graphics object.

Subtract Image background from photo

27 May 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I can give you a simple idea: this is very difficult, nearly impossible.I can tell, because I have a very long experience working with photo editing, using different software, including very best products. Many people are very impressed with background removal/replacement feature. But I was...

GDI+

image-processing

Irregular shaped buttons

20 Apr 2011 by Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Check if the cursors coordinates (as a Point type) lie within in that region.Pont point = ...; //Set mouse coordinates here.GraphicsPath path = ...; // Create your path here.if(path.IsVisible(point)) ... // Check if mouse coordinates are within pathRegards,-MRB

GDI+

Bug Fixes for Reading Barcodes from an Image - III

5 Jul 2012 by Matthias Böhnke

Bug Fixes for Reading Barcodes from an Image - III

Mobile Application Development Lessons Learned

13 Aug 2012 by gggustafson

This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.

SPC XBAR and Range Chart

25 Jan 2015 by syed shanu

XBAR and Range Chart using C#

Rendering Transparent PNGs with C# and Windows Forms

7 Aug 2016 by Sonne170

Preserving alpha channel drawing transparent PNGs

Recreating Gdiplus Hatches with SkiaSharp

28 Dec 2022 by Andy De Filippo

A simple technique to quickly port hatch effects from Gdiplus to SkiaSharp

GDI+

SkiaSharp

JSON

Graphical Representation of Data in ASP.NET Web Page

24 Jun 2015 by Khaled Abdelhamid

Drawing on a web page on the fly using GDI+ and Flood-Fill Technique

2D Character Design With F# And GDI+

2 Nov 2015 by Farhad Reza

We will design two interesting characters in this tip. The first one is Code Project Bob sticker and the second one is Magpie bird which is the national bird of Bangladesh.

Updated AForge.NET DLLs to Accommodate .NET 4.6.1

21 May 2020 by Patrick Eckler

Updated AForge.NET Version 2.2.6

.NET

GDI+

Dev

Creating a Simple Sheet Designer in C#

11 Apr 2010 by Mohammad Elsheimy

Give the user the flexibility to design his sheet, report, bill, invoice, whatever.

Graphics2D Drawing on Windows Mobile

6 Oct 2010 by guidebee

Code example on how to draw enhanced graphics 2D pictures on Windows Mobile

Irregular shaped buttons

20 Apr 2011 by Henry Minute

As Manfred has said, convert your Path to a Region and use the Region.IsVisible(Point)[^] method.

GDI+

What's maximum image size for the GDI+ ?

5 Jun 2011 by georgezou1000

When BMP image is very large image (1700 x 1700), PixelFormat becomes 0.[Thanks for all the reply - The problem is solved by parser the bmp myself.]

GDI+

Need help to Compare two images to identification

9 Jul 2011 by DaveAuld

There is a technical blog article on the subject;Face Recognition Project: Introduction To Face Recognition[^]

Left Button Down Sensitivity

2 Jan 2012 by Style-7

Must be:if( post.x >= nodeX[j]-5 && post.x = nodeY[j]-5 && post.y

C++

GDI+

MFC

Creating a GroupBox Containing an Image and a Custom Display Rectangle

29 Jan 2012 by Richard James Moss

This post describes how to create a GroupBox control similar to those used in Microsoft Outlook

GDI+

GDI

c# How to Improve my brush's speed

21 May 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You can improve the speed and also simplify your development by not using the class PictireBox. This class is helpful in some simplest situations, when you need to show some static picture, or maybe change it sometimes. When you try to do something dynamic, interactive, animated, etc, this class...

.NET

GDI+

Draw On DataGridView on a separate surface i.e. Panel to create a layer effect

16 Jun 2012 by Dave Kreskowiak

You don't need the Panel at all.Create your own DGV class by inheriting from it, then override the OnPaint method with something like:Public Class MyDGV Inherits DataGridView Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) ...

WinForms

GDI+

DataGridView

Inexperienced win32 developer asks advice/instructions for optimizing/improving code for WM_PAINT and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC handlers

6 Nov 2013 by enhzflep

Okay then, well where to begin?I looked at this problem from a bunch of angles, I must've pondered and tried 1/2 a dozen combinations of approaches, but I think I've found one that is workable.Basically, the idea is to do all the drawing on the dialog/window itself and then use button...

Check the File Format of an Image.

15 May 2014 by a_pess

Image File Format

VB12

.NET

GDI+

C++ / CLI Introduction and Implementation of FCFS using GDI Library

9 Mar 2016 by The Zakies

C++ / CLI into to using C++ CLI and using GDI library

qTimeLineEditor - A flexible graphical time line editor for your animations

19 Sep 2020 by sdancer75

A graphical time line editor to help you create and prototype animations. It is useful for adjusting variables and checking out how the effects change over time with keyframing and easing/twining functions.

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

29 Jan 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

ImageButton - Extended to be Greyed Out When Disabled

8 May 2009 by Thomas Scheelhardt

Provides an implementation of an ImageButton that will grey out when disabled

Print cheque rotated by 90 degrees

17 Dec 2009 by 0x3c0

This depends on how far you are through the process. If you've got the image of the cheque stored on the computer, then you simply use Image.FromFile to load it in, get a Graphics instance using Graphics.FromImage, then use the Graphics.RotateTransform[^] method.From there you can either...

GDI+

Draw a Circle in GDI+

3 Mar 2010 by tolw

I'm not sure why you are using a timer to draw, but if it is a circle you want, and for some reason you do not want to use the Graphics::DrawEllipse methot, than you should deffinately look at parametric equations first (Click[^])I refuse to give you a redy to use code, as I think you can...

C#3.0

GDI+

Making Cross Domain jQuery AJAX Calls

3 May 2010 by micahs

Making Cross Domain jQuery AJAX Calls

How to programmatically add panels?

18 May 2010 by William Winner

You can also programmatically add event hooks. You can write your event handler, so in this case the shell isprivate void panel_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e){}Then, whenever you add a new panel to the form, you add an event handler to that panel like so:Panel newPanel =...

.NET

GDI+

Copying one image to another using BitmapData

13 Dec 2010 by johannesnestler

You have to copy the color palette too! dstImage.Palette = source.Palette;Btw. you should fix your pointers when using unsafe code!http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f58wzh21(VS.80).aspx[^]I used the following version of your snippet:public static unsafe Bitmap...

GDI+

Using GDI + GraphicsPath.AddArc problem

6 Jan 2011 by Tefik Becirovic

They do not need to worry about a rotation because all transformation will be added after the path creating: // Create a RoundedRectangle: GraphicsPath path = RoundedRectangle.Create(20, 20, 100, 100, 15); // Draw the created RoundedRectangle: ...

GDI+

transparent background for drawings in vb?

26 Jan 2011 by Nish Nishant

Typically this is done using the Bitmap.MakeTransparent method.Example here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8517ckds.aspx[^][Update]-------------Relevant thread on S.O.:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388677/can-you-make-an-alpha-transparent-png-with-c[^]

GDI+

Image Color Picker

9 Sep 2011 by a_pess

Turn an image to a ColorPicker.

Conditional Statement with color type

25 Sep 2011 by Philippe Mori

The line if(color = 255,255,255) probably does do what you think it does.First, in C++, operator = is assignment operator and not equality operator.Second, in C++, a comma allows multiple expressions when normally one expression is expected and the result is taken from the rightmost...

C++

GDI+

Left Button Down Sensitivity

2 Jan 2012 by Jochen Arndt

Try this and think about the logical operators:if(post.x>=nodeX[j]-5 && post.x=nodeY[j]-5 && post.y

C++

GDI+

MFC

How to solve this problem : Parameter is not valid

4 Jan 2012 by XSON-NEON

Hello everyone.First of all, sorry for my bad english.Using:Visual Studio 2005Visual Basic.NETI'm developing a small Media Player, an application which can play most popular music formats, and can view some image formats.I have my custom control (called BtnEx) that inherits...

GDI+

How can I draw a bitmap with 16bppGrayScale using GDI+?

19 Jun 2012 by MuhtarQong

There is no a way to draw 16bppGrayScale bitmap directly using GDI+.Because you can not get Graphics object from Format16bppGrayScale image. Namely: Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(256, 256, PixelFormat.Format16bppGrayScale); Graphics g =...

GDI+

What is GDI+? and how to download gdiplus.lib?

5 Jul 2012 by Prasad_Kulkarni

GDI stands for Graphic Device Interface.Windows GDI+ is a class-based API for C/C++ programmers. It enables applications to use graphics and formatted text on both the video display and the printer. Applications based on the Microsoft Win32 API do not access graphics hardware directly....

how can i make my window that don't have the style "WS_CAPTION" have shadow of aero?

9 Jul 2012 by armagedescu

First you need to open the right theme from the current skin:hThm = OpenThemeData(hWnd, L"WINDOW");After that you may draw the needed thing with DrawThemeBackground,DrawThemeBackground( hThm, hDC, WP_CAPTION, CS_ACTIVE, &rc, 0 );

Why does this lead to a StackOverflowException?

20 Feb 2013 by Richard MacCutchan

You are recursively calling the Fill method without ever checking if you have reached any of the edges of the picture.

WinForms

GDI+

Adding a string to GraphicsPath and drawing the GraphicsPath reduce the quality of the drawn string?

17 Mar 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

You don't really need to represent a string as a graphic path for proper transform. Transformations are done using...

WinForms

GDI+

graphics

jQuery: Execute/Run Multiple Ajax Requests Simultaneously

28 May 2013 by Talking Dotnet

How to execute/run multiple Ajax requests simultaneously

Javascript

Windows

GDI+

My painting code consumes too much memory ( rephrased for better clarity )

17 Oct 2013 by AlwaysLearningNewStuff

INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT INFORMATION:FORMER TITTLE OF THE QUESTION:Window produces flicker-like ( slow repainting-like ) effect when resizedI have a complex painting to implement in my main window’s WM_PAINT handler. I have submitted a link to the picture that describes it,...

C++

GDI+

Win32

Static controls slightly flicker when main window is resized

3 Dec 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Flicker can be in part caused by the Windows message WM_ERASEBKGND which you can handle to do nothing, as explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2473799/gdi-double-buffering-in-c[^] (see answer 3).A widely used "brute-force" way of removing flicker is the use of optimized double...

Applying Matrix Transformations in GDI+

20 Jun 2014 by Virendra Kulkarni

Steps to implement the “Fit picture to fill the shape” option in PowerPoint like applications using GDI+

GDI+

Matrix

GDI+ multiple clip regions problem

24 Sep 2014 by Tero Koistinen

I know this is late, but for persons struggling with same problem, you could try to set FillMode of path to FillMode.Winding like so:...clipPath.FillMode = FillMode.Winding;e.Graphics.SetClip(clipPath, CombineMode.Exclude);

.NET

GDI+

How to draw a rectangle on Image

13 Dec 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

The first step would be to create the Graphics object to work for the drawing. You cannot draw directly, you are required to create a Bitmap, and use the Graphics object to create different things on it. You can create your own Bitmap, by passing your pictureBox (Image) to it, and make the...

GDI+

Flag Design With F# And GDI+

28 Sep 2015 by Farhad Reza

This tip describes the use of GDI+ with F# language through Flag design.

How can I Draw Puzzle Piece with GDI+?

11 Dec 2015 by CHill60

Have a look at this CP article Professional C# - Graphics with GDI+[^]There is also a reference zone[^] here on CPOr there always the M$ documentation[^]

Draw markers along the degree points on a noncircular ellipse/string warping along path

19 Feb 2016 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I eccentially gave you the answer in my last comment, the one with "A-C-B" and "X-C-Z" angles. Before you clarify your problem, I can give you a solution for the simple roulette you are trying to depict, a flat roulette.Here is the idea. As it seems that you have no problems with rendering...

GDI+

Prevent "out of memory" exceptions when creating bitmaps from smaller images

27 Mar 2016 by Sascha Lefèvre

Quote:Others say that although this is important, they don't actually do much in terms of memory issues.When not using using-statements the CLR eventually comes around to cleaning up those objects but there's no guarantee on when this will happen. So it can lead to inconsistent behaviour. When...

DirectX, OpenGL, WPF or XNA?

2 Sep 2008 by Uri91

Hello,I'm a high-school student seeking to learn about 3D programming. I have experience with C# and C++, OOP and more.I don't have any intentions of making high-grade stuff with 3D, but I do want to learn something that I might use in the...

DirectX, OpenGL, WPF or XNA?

2 Sep 2008 by John_Adams

Hi,I would suggest you to visit the following links to know the difference between WPF, DIRECTX and XNA.http://forums.xna.com/forums/t/5278.aspx[^]http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=257213&SiteID=1[^]Hope this helps ...

Customize .NET Controls Appearance

4 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

wrote:the only thing that i found is GDI+ programming but it seems so difficult.GDI+ is how all controls are drawn. It's your only option. You need to make your controls owner drawn and write GDI+ code to draw them as you desire them to look. There's tons of articles here on Code Project...

.NET

GDI+

Design

Customize .NET Controls Appearance

4 Dec 2009 by Abhinav S

If you are looking at starting your project from scratch, you could use WPF or Silverlight instead of winforms. These provide awesome control styling and customization features.

.NET

GDI+

Design

GDI+ and sizing

7 Oct 2011 by Rick Shaub

Maybe you could try using the original image and calling TranslateTransform(). The code would look something like this (Warning: not tested): float width = bitmap->GetWidth()* Scale;float height = bitmap->GetHeight()* Scale; Graphics* graphics = new...

C++

GDI+

GDI+ and sizing

9 Jan 2010 by Christian Graus

Two things:1 - the framework ALWAYS creates a Bitmap, even if you ask for an Image instance. At least, it does in .NET.2 - If your core issue is one of speed, the only possible explanation I can see is that you're leaking memory. The GDI+ system does NOT make copies that are somehow...

C++

GDI+

change the picture format

10 Jan 2010 by Christian Graus

I don't really understand - why do you even need to do this ? A bmp is uncompressed, but a gif, a jpeg, a bmp, etc, all take the same format when they have been loaded in memory.What do you mean 'have no effect' ? Does the image not get saved ? Is it not a bitmap ? If you had a 24 bit image...

C++

GDI+

change the picture format

10 Jan 2010 by Christian Graus

Please edit your post instead of posting answers that are really questions.Have you stepped through the code in your debugger ? Is a file created at all ? Is your resource loading properly ? I would start by replacing your current handle to save with one you load from disc, of the same file....

C++

GDI+

GDI+ slow on large simple objects

28 Jan 2010 by Elof Wecksell

Hi there fellow coders!I've ran into a GDI+ problem. I'm coding C# on .NET Framework 3.5. The problem I'm having is slow response in my application when drawing with my own-developed graphics tools. I'm drawing via the MouseMove events of a Control and the CreateGraphics() method on the...

GDI+

How to Preserve the menu pushed state

29 May 2010 by vbn1antu

Hello Sir, I am Vinay From India. I have a problem in my project user interface that i have created office 2007 like interface.Every thing is similar to office 2007 without using paint event of any control nor ribbon controls. I have started creating office 2007 controls from scratch but...

GDI+

Image.fromfile() throws out of memory exception

22 Jun 2010 by OriginalGriff

I've never tried a 136MB TIF, but I have dealt with BMP and JPG files that are much larger than that without problems. Edit your existing code, and show us the method that the exception is occurring in - enclose it with the "code block" widget to preserve the formatting.

GDI+

Image.fromfile() throws out of memory exception

22 Jun 2010 by Sandeep Mewara

ephrem33 wrote:a .tif image of 136MB sizeThats a big one! I would suggest you to transform into lighter image type and then try to use it. Further, large images like these would be difficult to save and retrieve. Otherwise, have a look at this thread, sounds similar thing with...

GDI+

Image.fromfile() throws out of memory exception

22 Jun 2010 by Ryan McBeth

I agree with Sandeep. I wrote a camera driver for Windows CE once. Most of my experience with images comes from Windows CE / Mobile, so I can't fully speak for exactly what is going on in Win32, but I would assume that there are similarities. That image is really getting loaded twice...

GDI+

How to make gradient colored Controls in Windows Forms

26 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

clockwise & counter-clockwise arc drawing algorithm

31 Aug 2010 by helianthus87

Do you asking about some math to calculate angle between 2 vectors to check the arc? You mentioned about 3 points and i asume there is something like this:[how do i see this]then you need to calculate angle or check dot product between 2 vectors and according to result you will be able...

Drawing an Animated Image

17 Sep 2010 by CDP1802

A quick search on Google(!) led me to this article here:Adding GIF-animation using GDI+[^]

.NET

GDI+

GDI

what to use for simple game in VB.NET

5 Oct 2010 by ely_bob

Use XNA, this has all the stuff that you need without going into the 3d portion of the API..and in the long run if you want to do things like sparkles, music, explosions.. or whatever else to augment your game you would have easy access to that stuff through XNA.GDI, and it pains me to...

Mixing GDI+ with GDI

4 Nov 2010 by tlillys

I'm attempting to extend an unmanaged VC++ 6.0 OCX that uses GDI for displaying images and drawing simple graphical elements - lines, points, and rectangles. I am trying to add translucent polygons on top of these elements. Based on articles found here, I believe I've made the code GDI+...

what to use for simple game in VB.NET

24 Nov 2010 by CDP1802

Nothing against XNA, but WPF would be better for this. A card game may need not much of a GUI, but some may be needed and that would be a pain, especially for somebody who just got started.With WPF you get the user interface and also the cards (including transformations) with far less overhead.

How to use graphics to draw image

2 Dec 2010 by Emilio Garavaglia

"Provide me the solution" seems implying there must be one and only. But the question is strange, since it mixed up two distinct aspects.Drawing on a bitmap is something that happens in memory, and has no relation with the action of invalidate(), whose purpose is to force the window manager...