Move Graphics Around A Form In Express?
Jan 10, 2009
I'm a newbie to VB 2005 Express. I'm trying to move a small graphic around a form periodically in code. I want to be able to set a color in the the graphic to transparent so there are no bounding box edges or background on the graphic visible. I know how to set up an ImageList and set the transparency properties in it. If I put a member of the Imagelist in a picturebox then I can move the entire picturebox around the form by setting its location property but I will also see the non-transparent background of the picturebox itself on my form so that's no good. I can set the background image of the form to the member of the imagelist but then I can't move the image around the form. Can anybody show me how to move an image with transparency around a form?
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Apr 7, 2011
I am trying to do a game application similar to chess, where i need to move the game peaces(graphics) over another graphics which is the game board. using the mouse. How can I do multiple layers of graphics and control their movement(without using direct x, i know nothing about it)? Note: I have visual basic 2010 express, windows xp home
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Apr 13, 2010
I'm wondering if anyone has been getting a 'System Exception Violation: Attempting to write to protected memory' exception.I have 3 calendar controls on a form and when selecting dates on the 3rd one, I am getting this error when I select a 2nd date.
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Oct 6, 2008
Apologies as this has probably been answered a million different times a million different ways already. I'm trying to control the mouse. I wish to move the mouse to a given pixel position (x, y) and cause a click. I don't want this to be limited within a form, as I want to control another application. I'm using VB 2005.
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Aug 5, 2010
i have my main child form open. then i show the new form:
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but when the form opens it flickers a lot. so i want move the new form behind the main form while it loads so the user does not see the flicker. once it is done loading i will set the form to topmost. how do i move the new form behind the main form?
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Mar 24, 2011
As Autodesk is going to discontinue VBA for their Inventor product in the near future I have been looking at other ways to run VB.NET in Inventor. To date it doesn't look like VSTA will be the replacement. Automation from an External VB.NET app is certainly possible, but leaves something to be desired for speed and integration. Compiled Add Ins are the Cadillac of choice but can be a royal pain to debug and develop. Autodesk now provides a lightweight VB.NET script interface called iLogic. It's main purpose is to allow extreme customization of Solid Modeling parts. The code actually resides inside the Part Model file.
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Feb 21, 2009
VB 2005 Express Visual BasicI want to move (part of) projects to different projects/ computer.I used File - export template- and was able to save templates of whole project or item(s).They saved nicely in a subdirectory called "templates" as zip files.How do I import to 1/ other project on same pc?2/ To a different computer?I tried copy zip files into corresponding folder on new system. No luck.
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Sep 16, 2009
i am asking about using the progress bar into the status bar to move when i load any child form inside the MDIParent form.
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Mar 23, 2011
well i successfully docked a perpixel alpha form with the main form(form1). but the perpixel alpha form always appears at the top left corner of the screen and when i move the main form the form(perpixel alpha form) inside it dosen't move it stays at the top left corner. ALWAYS. to dock the perpixel alpha form i used
Me.toplevel = false
Me.parent = form1
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Mar 22, 2012
What is the best way to resize & move a form using just VB commands? I have a form that I need to set the Height and Top props, problem is that takes two calls and there is a noticable flicker. I tried using SuspendLayout/ResumeLayout, DoubleBuffered, swaping the top and height calls around, etc, but nothing seems to help. The test forms only have one small listview and one or two buttons. [Code]
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Jun 30, 2009
I have one form lays on the top of a form or a panel. I would like be able to drag the top form within the boundary of the bottom form or panel. How can I do that?
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Apr 24, 2009
i want to be able to click anywhere there isn't a control on the form and be able to move the form to anywhere on the desktop...
the control box is off and the form text is blank, so there is nowhere on top of the form to click and move the form..
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May 2, 2009
I'm working on an application with multiple forms. On the first form, the user clicks a button and a simple shape is drawn in a picturebox.Depending on which shape is drawn, a value is assigned to a global variable called baseShape. I want that shape to be drawn automatically on the next form when that form is shown. I haven't been able to find any discussion on "passing graphics" from one form to another.[code]...
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Jun 26, 2011
I am trying to create graphics on my form, but they are not showing up. When I debug, all I see is a blank form.
Dim objGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
Dim m_intxAxis As Integer = 0
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Jan 9, 2010
Im wondering how best to create my graphics device. It seems that traditionally in applications that use directx, the graphics device is almost always a new windows form (from the examples ive seen). However, im looking at something different in my application.I have a windows form with a ToolStripContainer that has been subdivided into several other panels using SplitContainer objects So as you can imagine, i have quite a lot of panels on the screen. I want to render my graphics in one of these SplitContainerPanels.My concern is whether this will result in poorer performance or excessive flickering etc.
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Feb 23, 2012
I am trying to create a simply bouncy ball application in VB net; I am using a timer and the FillEllipse() method to try ad create a new circle at every tick of the timer.
Code:
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Dim Gr As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
Gr.FillEllipse(Brushes.Teal, X, Y, W, H)
CollisionDetect()
X = X + X_Dir
Y = Y + Y_Dir
Gr.Dispose()
End Sub
The result? The form continously draws onto itself, without clearing the last circle. This means that you end up with a 'line' of spheres together.
To clarify:
X is well, the X-Coords
Y is Y- Y-Coords
X_Dir is an integer, it is added to every iteration of the loop so the next time the loop iterates, it'll be at a different location;
Y_Dir is the same but for the Y Coords;
CollisionDetect() Is empty. It is yet to be filled, it will handle the collision with the sides of the forms. W, H are width and height, respectively.
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Aug 12, 2009
How can I add a scrollbar to my form I tried the auto scrollbar option but is not working ??
How can I validate the user inpute inside a textbox to check that he type the desired word?? for Example validate if the user typed the word ( Bob)?
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Aug 20, 2009
how to maximize my form window and for example my list view, tool strip container etc etc, maximize with the form window. I would just create the form to my monitor 1440x900 but this will be used on several computers all with different monitor size. What I'm looking for is a quick easy way of doing instead of setting each one up separately.
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May 21, 2010
I'm creating a custom form that is composed of a inner stroke, outer stroke, and rounded rectangular background. When the form is initially drawn its drawn fine without errors but once i re size it, the old form is still drawn and the new form is drawn below it but once i minimize the form and restore it, it goes back to normal (only the new form is being drawn).
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Aug 16, 2010
I have a form called frmMain and I created a second instance of the form to display on a second monitor using the code:
Public
frmMain2 as new frmMain
I am trying to prevent flickering when I switch between forms by overriding the OnPaintBackground event and drawing a background image in OnPaint. The OnPaint code works great for frmMain, but any time I use an e.Graphics... command it only applies to frmMain and not frmMain2. I'm thinking I either need to have a separate override for the OnPaint event for frmMain 2 or use e.Graphics.to draw on the second monitor, but I don't know how to do either. I have drawn on the second monitor outside of OnPaint by using:
Dim g as Graphics = CreateGraphics()
Dim g2 as Graphics = frmMain2.CreateGraphics
Then I use g.DrawImage for frmMain and g2.DrawImage for frmMain2. This does not work inside of OnPaint. I tried it and everything gets drawn on the first monitor.
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Dec 31, 2010
Here are 3 subs I use to clear graphics on a Form, Picturebox, & PaintEventsArgs. I'm overriding DrwClear for each of the objects.
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Mar 11, 2012
I was wandering if there is a way to move pictures around in a form and where ever you move them to, when you close program and open the program up they come up exactly where you lift them, And how can i add pictures to a form by say right click the form and select new picture and it adds it to the form, is there a way to do this, on how to do this or point me in the right direction.
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Apr 26, 2012
How do i load the Main form of a WPF so that a seperate thread goes and gets data from the database while the form is in an apartmentstate ? (drag-able / movable) I Know this is possible with opening a new window from your main form like this :
Private Sub openOrderWindow()
Dim OrderWindow As Orders = New Orders
OrderWindow.ShowDialog()
End Sub
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I've tried putting MyBase.ShowDialog() and .Show() and .9000+ other things The only benefit I've got out of using a seperate thread to load from the databse is i can see the screen right away (as oppose to it being a transparent box until it loads) but i cannot move it around or minimize itis there any way to make it Movable while it loads?
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Jul 14, 2010
how can i add V scroll Bar to my form to move UP/DOWN?
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Nov 15, 2009
im making a small program to work with my GPS. I removed the title bar and now cannot move it. I have found source code on the net but i always have 2 of the same errors from this
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "User32" _
Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, _
ByVal lParam As Any) As Long
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I wont lie to you, i havent really touched VB since I was about 16 (i'm 25 now) so I'm pretty lost on what the heck that means. I can get rid of the as any by changing ANY to LONG or INTEGER but I still cant figure out the speedo_frm part (that is the form name, go figure.
Edit: I'm using visual studio 2008..
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Feb 11, 2009
I just started VB.NET coding, and I think I come along quiet well. Offcourse, I get a few errors, but When googling it, I always come to dream.In.Code, so I thought I'd better register here.
Now, my problem is, that when I set FormBorderStyle to None, it looks so cool, but I cant move my form around in debug mode (Nor when launching my finished builded application)
Here is my whole Code in my application, as I dont know what parts I should post here:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button8_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button8.Click
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Apr 1, 2011
create a windows app. project with one form and 2 buttons ( if you tell me how to do one of the buttons, I'll figure out the other one). When you click one button it should move the form 2 pixels to the left. The other should move the form 2 pixels to the right.As a hint, he says to use the form's "LEFT" property -- but, I don't see "LEFT" in the properties window for the form.
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Jun 18, 2009
I have changed the form controlbox from true to false, it is same for maximizembox and minimizebox. When I move the form titlebar, the form are still moving. How do I avoid the form from being moving on the titlebar
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May 30, 2009
I have a Panel conttrol which I would like to move around within the client area of the Parent Form. Can anyone show how to do this?
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Dec 21, 2010
I have searched on this but I keep finding people trying to keep others from moving forms. And also nothing in the code bank.
Here is what I am making. I am making a tournament overlay program that tracks current players progress for shoutcasters (displays their name, race, score, color, ect).
I have a control panel that will change all that information on another form, the borderless one, that will "Always be on top" of the game displaying information.
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