simple pic stuff

[nishds2]

I need a picture to cover the entire form. It has to resize with the form and I need to be able to put other controls on top of it. I also need to be able to draw circles and lines and things over the picture.

BTW I dont have the vb.net IDE just wordpad so...

[hellswraith]

You probably going to have to use the forms' OnPaint method to draw the image to the form, only because you want to be able to resize it. What you will do is create an image object the same size as the form and paint it to the form with the graphics object of the form. You can also use the graphics object to draw the other stuff you want.

[nishds2]

Could you give me some code

Thanks

[nishds2]

Actually forget that.

I think there is something wrong with putting "/Graphics/screen.jpg" in the following code as it doesnt work like that but does if I just put "screen.jpg" even if the file is in both locations

Dim bgImage As Image = Image.FromFile("/Graphics/screen.jpg")
Me.BackgroundImage = bgImage

So how do I get it to use the pic from the Graphics directory

Thanks

[hellswraith]

Try something like:
Dim bgImage As Image = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "Graphics/pic.jpg")
Me.BackgroundImage = bgImage

[nishds2]

Thanks thats what I needed. Just needs an extra \ I think as below


Dim bgImage As Image = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "\Graphics\screen.jpg")
Me.BackgroundImage = bgImage


Thanks