Drawing Without Redrawing?
Apr 19, 2011
In a simple hang man game I am I have a a method called wrong(). In this method I increase an integer variable (wrongGuesses) by one and Panel1 is refreshed. Panel1 is the control that I am drawing the actual hangman on and in its paint event I'm using a Select Case structure to draw each part. Here is my code for the wrong() method and the Panel1 paint event.
The problem I'm having is that every time Panel1 is refreshed everything is erased and and the paint event only draws a single part (head, body, left arm, etc). I realize I could redraw the entire stick man every time, but that seems inefficient. Also, I realize that I could Invalidate() each part of the stick man and then Update(), but that I was hoping for a simpler method.
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Dec 17, 2010
I am using the printform object from the powerpack, I have a form that I want to print and take up the whole page when it is printed. To do this i have to resize the form and then print it.. then take it back to the orginal size.
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Apr 2, 2012
I have a Panel within a TabPage, which draws an arc depending on three fields that the user fills in. I've managed to get this to draw and animate correctly. However, when I switch tabs (I have 3 tabs), or sometimes alt + tab out of the program to look at the API, the Panel (with the drawn arc) clears.
Is there any way to redraw the graphics within the panel? I've tried creating a handler to draw graphics whenever a 'Panel1.Paint' event is triggered, but I'm relatively new to VB and its graphical nuances.
However, when I switch back to the panel, it has a red cross through the whole Panel and nothing is drawn, unless of course I press the button again which causes the graphics to redraw but the red cross persists.
Here's the code relevant to the reloading:
Private Sub Panel1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Panel1.Paint
If (draw) Then
Dim mySolidPen As Pen = New Pen(Color.Black, 10)
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Nov 10, 2011
Hi, I'm using the Drawline method by capturing coordinates entered into 4 textboxes and then printing the image onto a picturebox. However, I can't get the previous line to be redrawn along with the new line that needs to be drawn. I understand that it refreshes when using the picturebox.refresh() function.
The code is:Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
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Apr 28, 2011
So far, I have always run applications within the IDE, using Debug Mode.If I publish an application will I have to add code to repaint Picture Box graphics?In the IDE, my Picture Box graphics never get disturbed by running some other application or minimizing my forms.
I have noticed some discussions which suggest that code is needed in the Paint Event Handler in order to redraw graphics which disappear due to minimizing the form or running another application which displays a window covering my application.
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Jul 30, 2008
Redrawing rectangles on a Form? I have a problem repainting my form, I'm creating a "Bouncing block" Type of game , the Ball as a PicturBox, the Bar as A Picture Box And the Breakable "Targets" as An Array of Rectangles created in my forms Paint event using "e.Graphics.FillRectangles(Brush, rectsF)". It Looks a little like this:
Top of my Form(in the MainForm class):
Dim Brush As New SolidBrush(Color.Red)
Dim rectsF() As Rectangle
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Mar 17, 2009
I'm drawing my own charts based on values from a db. I'm drawing "directly" on the forms, so to speak. The thing is everytime the application is deactivated or if someting comes in front of the charts, the drawing dissappears. For instance, I have a contextmenu in one chart and whenever I use it there is a "hole" in the chart afterwards where the menu has been. Now I can see the reason for it, but how do I get around it?
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Jul 15, 2011
I've been searching for a while on an answer to this problem. I have a datagridview in my vb.net app and the right most column holds multiline cells. The vertical scroll bar doesn't redraw correctly:
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Oct 17, 2008
I'm working with adding some user-friendly options to a program that I've developed. A lot of these require handling painting the control myself. So far this hasn't been an issue except for this case.In a context menu, I have a text box that a user can type into. However, the context menu doesn't seem to let me input a label next to it so that the user knows what the text box is for. So, I wanted to paint the text box myself but I can't get the routine to work.I have tried to put the following code in the paint event for both the context menu and the text box itself. In the paint method for the context menu, the string and the text box show up at the top of the menu. Not 3 items down like it should. Also, I don't think the end result is truly a text box.[code]I believe that txtRect is set to the rectangle for the context menu and not for the text box itself. If you run this code, "Filter By:" should show up at the top of the context menu.
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Jun 3, 2012
draw individual pixels, without resorting to drawing a line and setting it's length to 1. Is there an actual ability to draw a pixel that is just 1 pixel big?
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Feb 18, 2012
I need some code to draw a resizable, draggable rectangular cursor (or selection box) on a picturebox. I found some excellent code (albeit rather old) that does just that, but on a form rather than a picturebox. I have tried converting the code - basically moving things to the picturebox events (Paint, MouseDown, MouseMove etc). It nearly works but leaves a trail behind it when you move or resize the cursor. In other words, the selection rectangle is not being erased before being drawn in the new position.
Is there some fundamental difference between drawing graphics on a form and drawing on a picturebox that would cause this behaviour? Something like, when you invalidate a form and cause a redraw it erases what you did last? If not, then I just need to dig a bit further and work out how the cursor is being erased from the previous position.
Here's the original code that works fine on a form:
Private DragRect As New RectangleF(20, 20, 100, 80)
Private Adornments(7) As RectangleF
Private MouseInRect As Boolean = False
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Jun 21, 2010
Say I have 3 Buttons, labelled: Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3. When I click on any button I want a drawing of that unit to appear on screen at a pre-specified starting point. Thereafter when I press any other one of the buttons the unit drawings appear alongside each other in a line. So I could end up with:
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Aug 17, 2009
With this line...
If PictureBox1.Image = My.Resources._2star Then
I get this error: Operator '=' is not defined for types 'System.Drawing.Image' and 'System.Drawing.Bitmap'.Is there another way to say = with images?
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May 23, 2009
Is it possible to convert an object form System.Drawing.Graphics to System.Drawing.Image?
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Jan 21, 2010
Here is my favicon code
Dim oURL As Uri = New Uri(e.Uri.AbsoluteUri)
Dim favicon As Image
If oURL.HostNameType = UriHostNameType.Dns Then
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The error is Value of type System.Drawing.Image cannot be converted to System.Drawing.Icon Is it even possible to make the favicon be the icon of the form?
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Apr 3, 2009
im using an MDI parent form and MDI Child. how can i print the image that's inside a picture box that's inside the Child from a button that's on the Parent?when i try to use print preview or print dialog, i can't get it to recognize that the document is the picure inside the picture box. i've looked up this error message:Value of type 'System.Drawing.Image' cannot be converted to 'System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument'.[code]
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May 5, 2011
VB2010: All, I am using a picturebox to show the constellation of GPS satellites, that starts out OK. I have to redraw every now and then, because if a dialog box gets drawn on top of it, the data doesn't refresh after the dialog box is closed. Same with moving the Frame around the screen, I have to redraw the picturebox. (not sure why, but I can live with that) When I first start the program and received data from the receivers and plot the Constellation the refresh/redraw is very quick, (just a flicker) then after about 30 mins or so the refresh seems to redraw the picturebox slower and slower. I can see the individual satellites (fillellipse) redraw.
Also, I have moved the picturebox into a TAB-frame. Even when I switch from on Tab to another, the picturebox will not refresh automatically. I have to do a clear and then replot the information.
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Apr 9, 2012
I am making a web browser using geckofx. I have put the favicon in a picture box but I have changed my mind and now I want it as the form's icon. The code for the favicon is:[code...]
The favicon works fine in the picture box but i think it will look better as an icon. If i change the line Me.PictureBox1.Image = favicon to Form1.icon = favicon I get the error Value of type 'System.Drawing.Image' cannot be converted to 'System.Drawing.Icon'. How can I get this to work?
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Jan 20, 2010
I have a System.Drawing.Graphics g, which draw something in a PictureBox. Now I want to export this pGraphics to a new System.DrawingImage pImage (or Bitmap). But how?
Dim pImage As Bitmap
Dim g As Graphics
g = Graphics.FromImage(b)
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Mar 10, 2010
I have two graphics I'm trying to superimpose into one, then display in a DataGridViewImage cell...The Value property of a DataGridViewImage is an Image type.
Dim Image1 As System.Drawing.Image = imgl_Imagelist1.Images(0)
Dim Image2 As New Bitmap(imgl_ImageList2.Images(0))
Dim DualGraphic As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(Image1)
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Oct 1, 2010
I have made an application that can render and save a given element.
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This works great except I have to specify which element I want, and I essentially want all of them. Is there some sort of for each that could iterate through all the possible elements?
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Jul 24, 2010
(Edit: to clarify, my main goal is concurrency, but not necessarily for multi-core machines)
I'm fairly new to all concepts on concurrency, but I figured out I needed to have parallel drawing routines, for a number of reasons:
I wanted to draw different portions of a graphic separatedly (background refreshed less often than foreground, kept on a buffer). I wanted control about priority (More priority to UI responsiveness than drawing a complex graph). I wanted to have per-frame drawing calculations multithreaded. I wanted to offer cancelling for complex on-buffer drawing routines.
However, being such a beginner, my code soon looked like a mess and refactoring or bug-fixing became so awkward that I decided I need to play more with it before doing anything serious.
So, I'd like to know how to make clean, easy to mantain .NET multithreaded code that makes sense when I look at it after waking up the next day. The bigest issue I had was structuring the application so all parts talk to each other in a smart (as opposed to awkward and hacky) way.
I have a preference for sources that I can digest in my free time (e.g., not a 500+ pages treatise on concurrency) and for C#/VB.NET, up to the latest version (since I see there have been advances). Basically I want something straight to the point so I can get started by playing with the concepts on my toy projects.
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Oct 4, 2011
I want to write a sub in VB like this
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mainCanvas is a canvas object on the form class, But this does not work.
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Jun 4, 2012
How can I draw an image in a program using visual basic, without actually drawing the image first on an graphics program or on paper?
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Mar 22, 2010
However my m8 will support me with any problems about the server, but he doesn't know how to fix this one in the client.The Sub have to create random sized circles, which are showed when u just hit some **** in space.It works fine in VB6, but in .NET i got a lot of ISSUES:
Sub DrawHitCircles(ByRef accuracy As Short)
Dim GO As Single
Dim check As Short
Dim guns As Short
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Aug 17, 2010
I am writing an application that is talking to a PMAC card control servo motors. The motors run in an x,y plane where 0,0 is lower left. I would like to be able to draw what I am about to send the card on the screen. All I have are lines and arcs. I have had no luck getting the top left origin to change, or my arcs to draw correctly. Is there any libraries out there that would help with what I want to do.
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Nov 8, 2011
I drew some shapes on a picture box , then when i move the form outside the bounds of the screen or move another form on it , all the shapes go away.I am using "CreateGraphics" to create the shapes.How can i keep the shapes on the picture box?
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May 2, 2010
My objective here is to paint an image onto a certain part of ANOTHER image. So I'm technically trying to copy one picturebox to another one.
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Dec 9, 2011
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
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Jun 16, 2009
what i'm trying to do is make sort of a picturebox game. I have a picturebox name p1 that i got to move with the arrow keys on the keyboard. What I was tryna do next was to have it so that whenever I pressed the spacebar on that a new picturebox would be created, originate from p1's location and then go up 5 pixels at a time. so here's my code that i tried;
Dim Loc As Point
Dim shot2 As New PictureBox
If e.KeyCode = Windows.Forms.Keys.Space Then
shot2.Visible = True
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I have that under the keydown event by the way. So even thou vb didnt have conflicts with my code. But when I press the spacebar nothing happens.
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