BackGround Image Changing While Debugging?
May 7, 2011How can I get my vb program to switch the background image to several pictures automatically using a timer?
View 1 RepliesHow can I get my vb program to switch the background image to several pictures automatically using a timer?
View 1 Repliesi have a program i've made a while, and one of the users wants to be able to load his own images to the background instead of the plain grey that is there now. i've searched and searched, and basically can get this working
BackgroundImage = Image.FromFile("C:UsersMeFileName.png")
i just slapped that onto a button just to get it to work as i was experimenting. but that only works for a file of that name, on my computer, in that folder. what i'm looking to do is get it so a user can browse his own directories for images and upload them as the background on the form. and be able to save the settings as well. but so far i have only seen different ways to load preset images that you can load. if it's even possible? i'd assume that you'd use the openfiledialog command, but i'm not that well versed in vb as of yet.
Although my code compiles, it does not result in a change of the background picture of button1 here is my current code. Is it possible that my condition contains some error? or is the command itself wrong? [code]
View 1 Repliesis there a way to change the background image of a form by just shaking the form? i'm using vb 2010.
View 4 Repliesi am trying to create an application like a media player....Say i got an option which changes the background image of the form,like skin or something!now i want to change the mouse events when that background image is active on the form... lemme give u an example of a code...
Private Sub FireToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FireToolStripMenuItem.Click
Me.BackgroundImage = My.Resources.Fire
TrackBar1.BackColor = Color.Yellow
End Sub
What I have done is named a bunch of picture boxes "Q," "W," "E," etc. (the whole alphabet) and named picture that correspond to these picture boxes ("Q.png," "W.png," and so on) and added them to my resources.
For example, the following code would give the picture box named "Q" it's corresponding image "Q.png":
vb
Q.BackgroundImage = My.Resources.Q
Of course, it's kind of a pain in the backside to copy and paste this code and change all the Q's to W's and so on, so I was hoping to create a function to do the job for me:
vb
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'So that I can run the letter as a string through the function,
[Code].....
Hopefully I've provided enough detail so that it is obvious what I'm trying to do.
Obviously, the code I tried above (the second block) doesn't work - it gives a syntax error. I need to change/write to make this function functional.
I have this code in my application
If _oCurrentCall.CustomData.Length > 0 AndAlso UsageType = UsageTypeEnum.Vanlig Then
RaiseEvent NewIncomingCallWithCustomData(_oCurrentCall)
ElseIf UsageType = UsageTypeEnum.Sentralbord Then
RaiseEvent NewIncomingCall(_oCurrentCall, Queues)
End If
Without debugging the events are raised just fine and working.However, when debugging and trying to change execution step like dragging the execution step to the raiseevent in the other condition block, the event doesn't fire.
Background of form: black
background of char, bombs and shrooms: transparent
picbox behind char, bombs and shrooms is regular (marioland)
How can i fix it so the transparent parts dont see form as background but marioland as background?
I am making a desktop wallpaper manager but i can't get it to work on Windows XP.[code]It works on Vista and 7, but when i try on XP it just removes the current background and replaces it with a blue color?
View 1 RepliesIm just changing the background picture, and it is acting really stupid.Here is the troublesome
CharacterSprite.BackgroundImage = ShootinGuys.My.Resources.Resources.char_standing_r)The bold underlined character (the ")") is giving me the error:Error1End of statement expected.C:Users***documentsvisual studio 2010ProjectsShootinGuysShootinGuysForm1.vb12101ShootinGuys
I can't remember exactly if this is possible or not but what I am attempting I would think should theoretically be possible. I know it is possible in WPF but the company I am working for doesn't want to make the transition just yet. Basically what I want is to use a background image on a form for the background and I have a docked control on the right and left. I have set the background on both of these docked controls to transparent however it is showing the back color rather than the background image. I tried, rather than setting the background image property, to override the onpaintbackground and onpaint events and use e.graphics.draw(picture, me.clientrectangle) but it still seems to just pick up the backcolor as the true transparent background so I'm wondering if it's possible to get it to show the background image through the control rather than the backcolor of the form?
View 3 Replieswhat I am trying to accomplish worked with the code in the last thread I posted a while back. I still am using this code, however, I changed the window size to work better and gave it a nicer background for the title screen of my project. Now what I am working on at the moment is making a settings form that has 2 labels. One for "Default" Layout and one for "Plain" layout. When default is at start, the default label is disabled,and when plain layout is clicked, the button is disabled and default button is enabled.Basically, this is a toggle switch for default or plain where if one is enabled, the option for it is disabled and the other is enabled.My problem is that when I switch from Plain back to default, the background Image will not switch back from the plain background color of "control"Here is my code:
Public Class Settings
Private Sub LinkLabel1_LinkClicked(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) Handles LinkLabel1.LinkClicked
MiDNiGHT.BackgroundImage = Nothing[code].......
I made a code that will change the background button when the mouse cursor over it, the user press and release it ,and it work great.The code below is a part of the code I made, which will change the background of the button when click by user.
Method to use:
butclick(sender)
Sub butclick(ByVal butname)
'code reset of button background start
Main.bestassi_bluebut_about.BackgroundImage = My.Resources.buttonbg
[code]....
But I had to reset all of the background of the button first, the picture below explain why I need to do like this:
BEFORE ALL BUTTON CLICKED BY USER:
IF NOT RESET AND ALL BUTTON CLICKED BY USER:
IF WITH RESET:
So is there any better code for this? Because my method seen a bit silly. Is there any code that can change the background of all the button in one time?
i was wondering if it is possible to changed the background of the actual computer desktop. i've searched, but all i can find is how to change the background of the form.
View 1 RepliesI have a win app written in Visual Studio 2008 and it uses the original back color from the form designer: Backcolor = control. The background color is slightly different when I use the following code
[Code]...
I've installed Visual Basic Power Pack 3 in Visual Studio 2008 SP1. I wanna change the background color of RectangleShape in a C# WinForm !!! I changed FillColor property and BackColor property to Black but nothing happened and RectangleShape's background color didn't changed.
How can I change the background color of RectangleShape ?
I have created several simply custom controls and I used them in my app. Now, I changed the background color in a custom control class, because I wanted an other color for this type of control. But in my app, the background of this controls didn't change. Why? I assume, I don't need to place again this controls on each forms to get the new background color, or do I? If yes, this is very stupid in my opinion.
View 4 RepliesI've been following you for some time, and many of the things you've done have helped me a lot, but this time I got stuck and need the help of an expert.I'll explain my case:I'm developing an assistance programme for an online game, and being this the 10th version I release, I wanted to do something special for the users, so I decided to make the programme based on tabs and give it the aspect of a new skin of the game that will be released soon.
As you may have guessed from the Title, I want to change the gray that is arround the flat buttons and on all the border of the tabcontrol, which is docked to the form. Here is a picture of the programme.To colour the tab buttons I used the following
Private Sub TabControl1_DrawItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DrawItemEventArgs) Handles TabControl.DrawItem
[Code]...
The problem is that I don't understand how to apply the "A Completely OwnerDraw TabControl" to my project, my knowledge isn't so far yet. Is there any way I can achieve the same results using something simplier? Or if not, could someone explain to me how to apply it without making any mistakes?
I have the following table row on my .aspx page.
Initial Requirements:
<ItemTemplate>
<td valign="bottom" id="ReqStatus" runat="server" style="background-color: Gray">
<%#ReqStatus(CType(CType(Container.DataItem, System.Data.DataRowView).Row, DataSet1.DataTable1Row))%>
[Code]....
I can change the color of the return value based on conditional statements but cannot figure out the correct syntax to change the table cell back ground. My attempt is commented out.
How do I correctly declare the table cell? Findcontrol must not be the correct way.
I'm having to write a reporting application that gets information from some Interbase servers and it also has to work on Vista as well as XP, I'm using to connect Borlands Data Provider.[code]My Issue is that debugging on my xp Machine the dataset gets filled, debugging on my vista box it fails ("Interbase provider initialization failed"), my initial thought was that this could be UAC related but I've compiled the application and 'ran as admin' and still same issue. (by the way it failes on the line Dim da as BdpDataAdapter...)
View 1 RepliesI'm making a front end to dvdauthor.I have a picturebox which holds the menu background. In order to draw a textbutton on the background image I store the image in a hidden picturebox. So the text doesn't get drawn to the visible background.
Dim ctl As Control
For Each c As Control In pbMenu1.Controls
If c.GetType() Is GetType(TextBtn) Then[code]...
This works the first time. But if I hit save again it writes the text to the background image on pbMenu1.
I use some code to successfully resize and save images - but I want to save the image to 800x800 px size on a canvas of 900x900px so it has a white border type thing around it.
View 8 Replieshot set image to Background MDI or change color fromsilver ro another color
View 8 RepliesHow can i add a background in a textbox?
View 1 RepliesI'm creating a calculator for a university coursework project and I wanted to know how do you add a background image in the main form in Visual Basic 2008 as I want to have the calculator have a background image similar to one that I programmed when I was studying VB6 years ago (but which I've since forgotten how to program in).
View 3 RepliesI have a gif there are animated, and want to use thisas a background images on my formbut the image will not be show, instead it show the bagground colorCan't i use this file?
View 11 Repliesi currently have 2 pictureboxes, 1 textbox, 1 timer .picturebox1 is at location 0,0, picturebox2 is at location 200,0..by using the following code, i can paste a url from a image in the textbox and have it display properly in my picturebox1, set to zoom ..
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
PictureBox1.BackgroundImageLayout = ImageLayout.Zoom
Timer1.Start()
End Sub[code]......
I don't have code yet I was looking for an example to start from. This dialog box I am entering my data into has exactly what I want. I just want to be able to call the image in from my code when I want.....
View 1 RepliesI didn't think that setting a background of a form may slow it down seriously, but it's real now
View 3 RepliesHow can i add an image as background of an textbox?'m searching for 2 days now and cant find anything
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