Change Desktop Background Picture
Oct 5, 2009How to change the desktop background picture using vb.net"? ie , i want to change my desktop background through my vb.net code?
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Change Desktop Background?
Feb 17, 2010Is it possible to change desktop background using VB.NET?I'd like to change the icons too plan on making a VB.NET program that can automatically make Windows XP look like Mac in just one click.
View 4 RepliesChange Background - Get The Users Picture From The Resource Using Vb?
Apr 13, 2010i have made a sql query that gets a users profile picture it comes out ok and the outcome of the it is the same names as the resources and i want to get the users picture from the resource using vb but it dont work so i have this so far..
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Set Video As Desktop Background?
Aug 29, 2010I have enabled windows dreamscene on my windows 7 x64 system and would can right click on a media file and click "set as desktop background".
My question is: how can i/is it possible, to do this programmatically? I know how to handle the images files and set them as the background but I just cant get the damn video files such as .wmv!
I am using visual studio 2010 and am coding in visual basic.
PS: I had to install a .dll file for the dreamscene to work and have tried adding references to it but with no luck.
Set Contents Of Picturebox As Desktop Background?
Dec 5, 2009Set contents of picturebox as desktop background?
View 10 RepliesVS 2010 - Stick An App To The Desktop Background?
Jan 7, 2011I would like to have my application basically appear as if it was part of the desktop background, I've removed the form border etc and made the background colour of the form the same as our standard company background so it all blends in nicely. I have also made it so the app does not appear in the toolbar and it is set to launch on startup so it appears as soon as the user logs in - so all works fine and looks fine because any new apps that the user opens will open on top of my app. The only problem is that if they press the Show Desktop button (or use Windows Key + D) to minimize all apps, mine gets minimized as well and disappears. Its easy enough to get the user to make it appear again as it has a system tray icon that they can interact with, but it would be better if it just didn't vanish when they did this.Now I know the best thing for this on Windows 7 would be a Gadget but the problem is that Gadget's annoyingly have to be HTML/javascript and a) I'm not great with web coding and b) I don't think it is even possible to do what my app does from a HTML/javascript page... oh and c) I can't find any way to deploy gadgets in a business network (there is no way we are installing it manually on all 300 of our PCs), so the gadget idea is not looking very promising.I'm wondering if there is some window message I can capture and ignore in the WndProc event handler
View 12 RepliesSet As Desktop Background (Fill / Center And Tile)?
Jan 23, 2010I'm using this code to set a picture as the desktop background:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
SetDesktopWallpaper("C:\image.jpg")
End Sub
Private Shared Sub SetDesktopWallpaper(ByVal fileName As String)
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It works well, except the wallpaper is always centered. How can I have the ability to choose Fill, tile or center with separate buttons?
Desktop Showing Through Picture Box On Second Form?
Nov 10, 2011I'm new to .net programming, but I do have some experience programming. I've used a picture box to make a custom button. It works on the main form, but when I open a dialog form with the same image the transparent areas shows the desktop and not the dialog. Thishappened for images with an alpha channel and also images that used the transparency key. I tried it with a winform instead and the images with an alpha channel worked fine, but the transparency keyed images showed the screen. All
View 3 RepliesWIndows 7 Desktop Refresh And Picture Screensaver?
Nov 9, 2011I am using VB.net in VS2008.I wrote a screensaver that cycles through pictures. When the screensaver exits it sets the desktop background to the last picture loaded using API call SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, sFilePath, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE Or SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE).The desktop wallpaper refreshes for WinXP and Vista but not Win7.In Win7, if I run the screensaver as an EXE then the desktop background changes when the program ends. If I run it as a screensaver I need click on the desktop and press F5 before the desktop shows the new desktop background (or click and drag with the mouse to show pieces of the new desktop background).I have tried to add delays and even force a refresh by using SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED, SHCNF_IDLIST, Nothing, Nothing) but with no success.
View 9 RepliesMdi Background Using Picture Box?
Feb 17, 2009I'm using this code to set the MDI Form background base on the picture of the picturebox,
Me.BackgroundImage = PictureBox1.Image But the error is "Out of Memory" what should I do about this?
Changing The Background Picture?
Oct 23, 2011Im 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
Set The Background Image Of Form1 To A Picture That Is Already A Map?
Oct 15, 2011I made a simple RPG game for my project. I used windows form application. I set the background image of my form1 to a picture that is already a map. I used picture box for the MainCharacter and set it to transparent and I also put transparent background gif images whenever the keyevents.But my problem is, sometimes when I move the picture box using the keyevents, when the picture box passes through the background that has different color, you can see the boundery of the picturebox, and sometimes it is lag and cannot display the image in the picturebox. Im gonna work hard for this because the deadline of this project is next week. I am just a newbie and not good in graphics.
View 2 RepliesVS 2008 How To Set Background Picture For Form
Jun 12, 2010How can we set a background picture for a Form? When my form is loaded, I want to display a background picture and on closing, I need to release that from memory (free it).[code]
View 7 RepliesChange Picture In A Picture-box In A If Statement
Nov 22, 2011I want to change a picture in a if statement. The picture is in a picture box. I tried:
if picturebox1.image=myresouces.grass.jpg then
picturebox1.image=myresources.picture.jpg
else
end if
Change The Picture In A Picture Box When Progressbar = A Value?
Jan 28, 2010I have been looking on youtube and google for this, I cant find a tutorial for this. What I want to do is set up a progress bar and when the value of the progress bar = 20 I want the image in the picture box to change to another picture. I tried this, thinking it might work. But it doesn't
If ProgressBar1.Value = 25 Then PictureBox1.Image = HabboEz.My.Resources.Resources.hat2.
How To Embed Background Picture Into Excel Report In
Dec 12, 2011I'm trying to embed a background picture into an Excel file. Assuming I have an Excel report (see f.csv) below, I open it as an Excel, embed the picture and then save.I found the following code in one of the websites. It's working but still there is a problem that it always ask me to confirm the overwriting of the file. I want to save it automatically without asking the user about it, but can't find if that's possible. below I tried "SaveAs" and "Save" but it always ask me to confirm overwriting.
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Picture Box Image Didn't Change When ProjectID Change?
Feb 18, 2009means the images that will display in the picturebox is based on the value shown on the textbox (ProjID)..
Please see code below..
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Public Class Form4
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Form Box Does Not Display New Background Picture Upon Image.FromFile ?
May 2, 2010I've been trying to make an image viewer that keeps top most while I do other things (like typing, etc), so I don't have to hop windows, or sacrifice screen real estate.I made a main form, and a configuration form (opened by pressing o), with options to set the main form's opacity (working), the picture displayed (as the form's backgound picture, not working), and if the main form stays top most or not (working).
Instead, the form just keeps displaying the image I set in the IDE.I first used a picture box to display the picture, which did not work, and decided I didnt need to have a picture box if I set the picture as the form's background picture.I tried looking at what could be going wrong, but couldnt find out much more than the path is being delivered to the main form.I'm working on Vista Home Premium 32bit SP2, VS2003, and here's the code.PS The code links to a D:ath-fin.jpg that I used as the default background picture, and the code is for 2 seperate forms.
Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
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Give An Image Inside Of A Picture Box A Transparent Background?
Apr 7, 2008Is it possible to give an image inside of a picture box a transparent background? Like, for example say i have a red circle on a white background, is it possible to make the white transparent?
View 6 RepliesVS 2008 Embed Background Picture Into Excel Report In .NET?
Dec 12, 2011I'm trying to embed a background picture into an Excel file. Assuming I have an Excel report (see f.csv) below, I open it as an Excel, embed the picture and then save.I found the following code in one of the websites. It's working but still there is a problem that it always ask me to confirm the overwriting of the file. I want to save it automatically without asking the user about it, but can't find if that's possible. See below I tried "SaveAs" and "Save" but it always ask me to confirm overwriting.
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim xlWorkBook As Excel.Workbook
Dim xlWorkSheet As Excel.Worksheet
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Forms :: Transparent Picturebox - First Picture Cover The Second One With The Background Color?
Dec 30, 2010i'm using VB 2010 and i'm trying to make a transparent images but without success .i draw 2 GIF pictures in Photoshop and save it as transparent.i put that GIF's in 2 pictureboxes on the form and the background of the pictures is really transparent, but when i try to put one picture in the top of the other one, the first picture cover the second one with the background color (and becuase it's transparent it's like the form color)
View 2 RepliesMaking Application Send Message When Picture Background Is A Certain Color
Oct 7, 2011It detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't..[code]
View 2 RepliesMaking Application Send Message When Picture Background Is A Certain Color?
Dec 20, 2011It detects the color fine and the picture background changes to the color my mouse is pointing at, but when it changes to one of the colors its ment to send me a msg it doesn't
Public Class Form1
Dim color As Integer
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
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Programmatically Reset Form Background From A Picture To A Solid Color?
Nov 13, 2009How can I programmatically reset my form background from a picture to a solid color. I have no trouble changing it to a picture or even changing it to another picture, but when I try to change it back to a solid color, it won't work.
me.backcolor=color.red 'OK
me.backgroundimage=my.resources.dog 'OK
me.backgroundimage=(none) 'error
me.backgroundimage=my.resources.none 'error
How do I reset it back to a color? It's stuck in a picture mode.
VS 2008 Background Images - Save The Picture To My.settings Or My.resources
Aug 25, 2010I'm making a program and in which the user can select a background image from their computer, but I have not found a way to save the picture to my.settings or my.resources
View 3 RepliesDesktop Backround Not Available To Change
Nov 18, 2011I just bought a windows 7 starter ACER laptop and I can't change the destop backround. there is no option to change it and when I go to my pictures folder to " set as backround" it doesnt work.
View 1 RepliesChange Icon That It Displays When On Desktop
Oct 25, 2009i have visual basics 2008 express and i made a app, how can i change the icon that it displays when on the desktop, and how can i get it to minimize to the right bottom of the screen next to the clock.
View 2 RepliesChange Desktop Wallpaper From An Image In My Resources?
Dec 7, 2011I'm developing an application where the desktop wallpaper will change from an image in my resources. Or change it to a solid color.
View 4 RepliesVS 2008 Change A Row Style On An Excel Sheet In A Desktop Application?
Jun 15, 2010my VB.Net desktop app writes to an Excel file. I need to set the style to a row. I can read a style of one row, but am unable to set the style in another.
View 2 RepliesRefresh Desktop To Reflect Wallpaper Change Visual Studio 2008?
Oct 18, 2009I have written a small application that will allow the user to use DreamScenes on there desktop in Windows XP but i can't get the screen to refresh to reflect the desktop changes. The refresh routine i have used will only work once....This program is part of an application i am writing to allow users to customize/modify the windows xp source.Here is my code:
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Public Class Form1
Dim DSNAME As String
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