Savina A Bitmap

[schnarf283]

I need to save the contents of a picture box to a bitmap file. Could someome please write me a little (or big) snippet of code for that purpose? Thanks!

[/\/\isanThr0p]

there is a method called savepicture.
I dont really know the syntax now, but I think it is pretty much like

savepicture picture.image, filename

just look, the function is easy

[Chris]

MisanThr0p, the Image is the default pictureBox properties, hence no need to mention in the code. Like this will do


SavePicture Picture1, "C:\Mypics.bmp"

[/\/\isanThr0p]

I heard default properties will no longer exist in newer VB version, so don't even begin programming like that.

[Fox]

It's indeed better to write the whole property.

Else you'll often trap into mistakes which are hard to debug..

[/\/\isanThr0p]

If Fox says so :) ;)

[seaweed]

However, code runs faster if you don't explicitly state the default property of an object...at least so Im told.

[/\/\isanThr0p]

I will test this, but I can't believe it. Maybe, the compile time would be increased 0.000000000001 seconds if you do it all over your code, but I can't imagine, that the program would be slower.

[Fox]

I *think* VB compiles the default property since it doesnt change during runtime, so you will only speed up compiling for 0.000...1 seconds ;)

In other words, it's a matter of preference.