[RESOLVED] VB6 - Paintpicture...

Hello. Since a few week, I have been trying to make a small software using Visual Basic 6.0. I got stucked in one process that is EDIT DETAILS. This is the name of the form which is used to store information about the user. Everything is set except a picture. Picture path last selected is save in the file config.dat. And when the form is loaded, with the path I want to load the picture in the picturebox. At the same time I'm using paintpicture to stretch the image to fit the picturebox. But the problem occurs doing so. I've two picturebox one hidden. First picture is loaded in second picturebox that is hidden and it as the source, is transferred to main visible picturebox. When I browse the picture it shows well but when I load next time, no picture is seen. below is the coding. If you could find the bug and help me debug it, I would be grateful. Please add more necessary codes if needed.

Code:

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Private Sub Apply_Click()
    Open "msconfig.dat" For Output As #1
        Write #1, picPath
   
        If FName.ForeColor = &H80000002 Then
            Write #1, ""
      Else
            Write #1, FName
        End If
        If LName.ForeColor = &H80000002 Then
            Write #1, ""
        Else
            Write #1, LName
        End If
        Write #1, Month.ListIndex
        Write #1, Day.ListIndex
        If year.ForeColor = &H80000002 Then
            Write #1, ""
        Else
            Write #1, year
        End If
       
        Write #1, Occupation.ListIndex
        Write #1, Country.ListIndex
        If Email.ForeColor = &H80000002 Then
            Write #1, ""
        Else
            Write #1, Email
        End If
        If URL.ForeColor = &H80000002 Then
            Write #1, ""
        Else
            Write #1, URL
        End If
        Close #1
   
        Apply.Enabled = False ' Disables apply

End Sub

Private Sub cmdbrowse_Click()
On Error GoTo fixbug
    OpenD.CancelError = True
    OpenD.Filter = "Image Files (JPG,JPEG,BMP,GIF,PNG)|*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.bmp;*.gif;*.png"
    OpenD.InitDir = App.Path
    OpenD.ShowOpen
    picPath.Text = OpenD.FileName
    frmDetails.SetFocus
    PictureBox.Picture = LoadPicture()
    Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(OpenD.FileName)
    PictureBox.PaintPicture Picture1.Picture, 0, 0, 1440, 1440
    Exit Sub
 fixbug:
 
End Sub

Private Sub Cancel_Click()
    Form2.Show
    Unload Me
End Sub
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Private Sub Email_GotFocus()
  If Not Email.ForeColor = &H80000001 Then
        Email.Text = ""
        Email.ForeColor = &H80000001
    Else
        Email.SelStart = 0
        Email.SelLength = Len(Email)
    End If
End Sub
COLOR="Blue"]Private Sub[/COLOR] Email_LostFocus()
  If Email = "" Then
        Email.Text = "Email Address"
        Email.ForeColor = &H80000002
    End If
End Sub
Private Sub FName_GotFocus()
If Not FName.ForeColor = &H80000001 Then
        FName.Text = ""
        FName.ForeColor = &H80000001
    Else
        FName.SelStart = 0
        FName.SelLength = Len(FName)
    End If
    End Sub
Private Sub FName_LostFocus()
    If FName = "" Then
        FName.Text = "First Name"
        FName.ForeColor = &H80000002
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Form2.Hide 'Hides the main form and open frmEdit.
    On Error GoTo fixErr
    Open "msconfig.dat" For Input As #1
        Static path1 As String
        Input #1, path1
        Static name1 As String
        Input #1, name1
       
        Static name2 As String
        Input #1, name2
       
        Static month1 As Integer
        Input #1, month1
       
        Static day1 As Integer
        Input #1, day1
       
        Static year1 As String
        Input #1, year1
       
        Static occupation1 As Integer
        Input #1, occupation1
       
        Static country1 As Integer
        Input #1, country1
       
        Static email1 As String
      Input #1, email1
       
        Static WebURL As String
        Input #1, WebURL
       
    Close #1
   
    Timer1.Enabled = True
   
    If path1 = "" Then
        picPath.Text = ""
        PictureBox.Picture = LoadPicture(App.Path & "\noimg.jpg")
    Else
        picPath.Text = path1
        PictureBox.Picture = LoadPicture()
        Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture(path1)
    End If
   
   
    If name1 = "" Then
        FName.ForeColor = &H80000002
        FName.Text = "First Name"
    Else
        FName.ForeColor = &H80000001
        FName.Text = name1
    End If
   
   
  If name2 = "" Then
        LName.ForeColor = &H80000002
        LName.Text = "Last Name"
  Else
        LName.ForeColor = &H80000001
        LName.Text = name2
    End If
   
   
    Month.ListIndex = month1
    Day.ListIndex = day1
   
   
    If year1 = 0 Then
        year.ForeColor = &H80000002
        year.Text = "Year"
    Else
        year.ForeColor = &H80000001
        year.Text = Val(year1)
    End If
   
   
    Occupation.ListIndex = occupation1
    Country.ListIndex = country1
   
   
    If email1 = "" Then
        Email.ForeColor = &H80000002
        Email.Text = "E-mail"
    Else
        Email.ForeColor = &H80000001
        Email.Text = email1
    End If
   
   
   
    If WebURL = "" Then
        URL.ForeColor = &H80000002
        URL.Text = "Uniform Resource Locator (URL)"
    Else
        URL.ForeColor = &H80000001
        URL.Text = WebURL
    End If
   
    Exit Sub
   
fixErr:
 
End Sub



Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
    Form2.Show
End Sub





Private Sub LName_GotFocus()
    If Not LName.ForeColor = &H80000001 Then
        LName.Text = ""
        LName.ForeColor = &H80000001
    Else
      LName.SelStart = 0
        LName.SelLength = Len(LName)
    End If
End Sub


Private Sub LName_LostFocus()
    If LName = "" Then
        LName.Text = "Last Name"
        LName.ForeColor = &H80000002
    End If
End Sub



Private Sub Text1_Change()
    Text1.text = ""
    PictureBox.SetFocus
End Sub

Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
    Call cmdbrowse_Click
End Sub

Private Sub OK_Click()
   
    If Apply.Enabled = True Then
        Call Apply_Click
        Form2.Show
        Unload Me
    ElseIf Apply.Enabled = False Then
        Form2.Show
        Unload Me
    End If
   
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Label8.Caption = "1"
End Sub



Private Sub picPath_GotFocus()
    Call cmdbrowse_Click
End Sub

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Hey,

Given that this question is specifically related to VB6, I have asked a moderator to move this thread to the appropriate forum.

Gary

Thread moved from the 'VB.Net' (VB2002 and later) forum to the 'VB6 and Earlier' forum

(thanks for letting us know Gary :thumb: )

I see 2 potential issues.

1. You should always provide the full path to your config file. Not providing a path tells vb to use the current path on your drive and it may not be the path where the config file is at. In those cases, you are reading/writing the file to potentially different paths. Without specifing the fully path, you have no control where the file will be read/written.

2. When you load the picture in Form_Load, I don't see that you are using PaintPicture in the Form_Load event. If you do load the image into Picture1, PictureBox isn't painting the image. Also, you should set PictureBox's AutoRedraw to True, otherwise, when you do paint the picture in form_load, it will be erased when the form is refreshed/made visible the first time.

thanks.....