asking something like this i know it get's asked alot but i haven't found any code for this or i didn't look good enough. My internet is super slow so it is hard to browse the net , Anyways i want to draw on the screen just like when you draw on your form with graphics how would i accomplish this ? if anyone could provide some code or a link that shows a little about it that would be great,
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I send a message a while ago and no one answerd, how can I draw directly on the screen (not on a specific window) just on the screen, neither if it's on the desktop or anything else.Is there is any option to bring up the switch between applications window (Alt + Tab), I don't want to use sendkeys because the user need to keep the key down and I just want the user to select the application with his mouse.
View 3 RepliesHow would I do this? I want my Program to draw 2 lines in the center of the screen.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to draw directly on my screen using these code and API's[code]...
View 2 RepliesI need to draw 100 lines between 100 semi-random points in a 800x800 pixel square on the screen.
I've been using the built-in drawlines & drawrecangles functions inside of .NET, but my drawing gets erased everytime the form paints.
So, I've been thinking about perhaps drawing to an in-memory bitmap, but I'm not sure if that's a good solution.
I've inherited a project in VB6.NET 2008. There is a Panel control where graphs are drawn along with titles, axes, legends etc. What is drawn on the panel is also printed WYSIWYG (on a print command, of course) The problem I have is that the code for printing is entirely separate to the code for drawing. I want to merge the two so that common code is used. I'd like to work in the same units for both, which means setting either the pixels per inch for the Graphics object for the printing (so I can work in pixels) or doing the equivalent of the opposite so I can work in inches (printed inches, not screen inches).
View 2 RepliesI'm writing a simple program that takes a screenshot of tab1 of the GUI, then takes a screenshot of tab2, then tab3, etc. I've got the screenshot code down pat, but the problem with my current code is that it's taking the screenshot of each tab before the screen has a chance to fully redraw, so the resulting images are screwed up.Is there a way to get the program to wait for each tab (and all the controls in it) to be fully visible before each screenshot is taken?I'd like to avoid using a timer for this, as the screen redraw speed will vary depending on the user's computer, and the contents of each tab, etc.[code]
View 2 RepliesI have a button btnRegEx that when pressed shows a ContextMenuStrip, similar to the '>' button in the Find/Replace dialog in Visual Studio when you are using Regular Expressions. I have a ContextMenuStrip cms which I show using its Show(x,y) method.
At first I was simply setting x and y (the location of the ContextMenuStrip) to some point next to the button, but I noticed that when the button is close to the edge of the screen it goes off screen. I wanted to prevent that so I built some logic into the x-y calculation. When the ContextMenuStrip width is larger than the 'remaining space left' I simply show it more to the left. Same for its Height of course. I am using the Screen.GetWorkingArea(point) method to determine the 'remaining space left'. As I understand it, it returns the working area closest to the point you specify (to which I pass the button's location).
As long as I stay on my first monitor, it is all working perfectly fine. The problem occurs when I move the form to my second monitor. The contextmenustrip is still showing on the first monitor for some reason...
Here is the code I am using:
vb.net Private Sub btnRegEx_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRegEx.Click
Dim p As Point = PointToScreen(New Point(btnRegEx.Left, btnRegEx.Top))
Dim x, y As Integer
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I have noticed that when I click the button when the form is on the second monitor, the buttons location (p) is calculated with the first monitor's top-left corner as (0,0), even though it is on the second monitor. This way, the GetWorkingArea function returns something like 1280, while the buttons x-location is something like 1700... So, how do I get the buttons coordinate relative to the actual screen it is on, rather than the entire dual monitor screens as a whole?
Is there any way to invert the screen. For example, making upside down or having mirror effect?
View 1 RepliesBTW this issue occurs in any MS office program when the VB.Net (or even VBA) is processing information.Example: In Excel, a worksheet is displayed on the screen. I start either, a VB.Net or VBA procedure and within 30 seconds the Excel worksheet (previously displayed) blanks out. In both VB.Net and VBA,ScreenUpdating = False. My expectation is that the previously displayed screen would stay static as if I left my desk to get a cup of coffee; came back and the same ole Excel worksheet was still there?Of course, setting VBA Screen Updating = False accomplishes two goals: 1) speeds up processing and 2) saves the user from seeing unnecessary "garbage-processing" steps.Why does VBA or VB.Net ScreenUpdating = False not freeze the screen at the time of its invoking?
View 11 RepliesI need to get the DataGridView to perform the way it should perform. I'm new to the .NET environment, but I learn fairly quickly. However, I find it difficult to decipher themassive black box of the DataGridView control enough to make it do anything other than what it already does--Draw very slowly.
View 3 RepliesWhat I'm trying to do is to draw on to a picturebox with all my code in a class rather than in the main form class. here is the code of what I have in my draw class
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but, how to draw in picturebox? i use this code but not working!
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I see DrawPath polygon curve everything except for square.
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Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint
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This code is put into a timer, I put "Timer1.Start" in a button, when I click the button, nothing happenes
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I have series of video files that i need to automatically draw some line over through to the en. The line varies, the values will be provided, is this possible in vb.net?
View 1 RepliesI am having problems passing data from one form to another form opened from the first form.Here is my scenario: I have my start-up form. From this form I open a form by using the following:
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I use this because I want to be able to open multiple forms from the start-up form.Then from the PartyDetail form I open another form to display order details, like this:
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I want this order details form to be able to get a partyid variable from the party detail form.This works, but depending on the order that I open the forms the variables are incorrect Example:If I open the first PartyDetail form and then open the OrderDetail form, it works correctly. I can open as many PartyDetail and OrderDetail forms that I want and the variables are correct.But, say I open a PartyDetail form and then open another PartyDetail form and then open the OrderDetail form from the first opened PartyDetail form, it displays data based on the second opened PartyDetail form instead of the first. Basically, I want to be able to open multiple PartyDetail forms and then open OrderDetail forms based on whichever PartyDetail form it is opened from.Right now I am using Public Shared variables on the PartyDetail form and accessing this variable from the OrderDetail form. I suspect this is my main problem but don't know the best way to pass the variables from the PartyDetail form to the OrderDetail form.What would be the best way to do this?
How would I be able, with the click of a button, allow the user to draw on the form? Maybe as if, taking a screen shot of the whole form, and then drawing on top of it? Dose not have to be a lot of colors, just a simple way to draw a line.
View 4 RepliesWill any of the free light-weight charting libraries; ZedGraph or NPlot, be able to draw a simple graph similar to attached image (no waste of space, and with colored plot areas)? This plot will act much like the task manager "CPU Usage" plots, with update of last value every 500ms, but only making a new datapoint every 1 minute or so.
Or is this so extremely simple that it's better to hard-code it? What classes should I look into for this?
I'm very new to visual basic and I am trying to create a tic tac toe game. I have it working all except a message to say the game has ended in a draw.I just can't work out what to put where. I have looked through the various questions and answers on the forum but can't seem to get any of the coding to work for me.[code]Can anyone point me to what code to use to declare a draw and where should I put it?
View 7 RepliesI've come across involving a PictureBox.I am trying to create a quick Paint-like application, but I want something to happen in it. I want it so that when you draw or have drawn in a certain area of the PictureBox, you trigger events to happen (but they must only trigger once. This doesn't mean only one event can happen, it's just that each event can only happen once). How would this be possible to implement in my code I have now?[code]
View 5 RepliesI need to draw lines, in one VB form. Like paint, I need the tool brush, and design some lines and curves in a Vb form. How can I do this? I don't know where to start.
View 3 RepliesHow do I draw lines using DirectX? (on my form)
View 1 Replieshow to draw a string on a picturebox ? i want to draw a peace of text in the x,y bounds of the picturebox?
View 1 RepliesI'm using ZedGraph to draw functions.I want it so, that the user can input a function.Eg:
txtFunction.text = x ^ 2 - 3
Graphs are drawn with this code
For x = 0 To 100
y = x ^ 2 - 3
list.Add(x, y)
Next x
This doesn't work
For x = 0 To 100
y = txtFunction.text
list.Add(x, y)
Next x
as the x can't be replaced.Is there an other way to draw graphs, by reading the function from a textbox?
Is it possible to have a picture box and draw on a line on top of the image that is in there with the basic express package?
View 3 RepliesIs there a way to draw a graph in real time. The excel file has one column with the time in sec.(x) and the other column is data(y). The examples with charts I've seen is about converting to a picture, then paste it to a picturebox.
View 2 RepliesI want to know if there's a faster way to draw images onto a picturebox based on a list of point.
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Dim MyPoints as New List(Of Point)
Dim MyBitmap as New Bitmap("C:MyBitmap.PNG")
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Now, This code may be a little sloppy, but I just put it together. The image isn't very simple, but it's simple enough. After about 10 images that need to be drawn, it starts to get slow.What would I need to do to ensure it draws the images faster? If I made the image itself smaller would it make it go faster?
how to draw in realtime? I have this code in a timer:
Dim picBoxWidth As Integer = PictureBox1.Size.Width
Dim picBoxHeight As Integer = PictureBox1.Size.Height
Dim halfWidth As Integer = PictureBox1.Size.Width / 2
Dim halfHeight As Integer = PictureBox1.Size.Height / 2
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this would draw a graph, and when x has counted to 1000 it should start again. The center cross is written, but no graph.
I set my FormBorderStyle of my form to none.This is exactly what i want, except I ran into a problem.When the background is gray (background of other applications running in the background), my form tends to fade in with the background (Still active, but i cant see where my form starts or ends).
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