Alternative method to save pictures besides using SavePicture.

[Vanguard-MnC]

Ok, I have a problem. If I use the SavePicture statement to save a picture in a picturebox, some parts get cut off when the picture dimension is greater than the picturebox's dimension.

Is there an alternative way to save a picture in a picturebox without getting parts of the picture cut off? If there is, please tell me.

Thanks in advance.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

You could resize the picture box before saving.

Or you could create a DC for it, then copy the picture to the DC, then save the DC.

[Vanguard-MnC]

Ehh... would you mind telling me how to do that?

[Vanguard-MnC]

Can anybody help me!!

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Oh boy.

Lets see.

Try this:

Picture1.picture = Picture1.Image
savepicture Picture1.picture

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

you need to put a path after the savepicture picture1.picture, "c:\path\pic.bmp"

like that

[Vanguard-MnC]

Originally posted by DiGiTaIErRoR
Oh boy.

Lets see.

Try this:

Picture1.picture = Picture1.Image
savepicture Picture1.picture

The picture still gets cut off

Originally posted by DiGiTaIErRoR
you need to put a path after the savepicture picture1.picture, "c:\path\pic.bmp"

like that

Yea I just now noticed that.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Try this:

Picture1.AutoSize = true
picture1.picture = picture1.image
savepicture picture1.picture, "c:\pic.bmp"

[Vanguard-MnC]

nope

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

You're going to have to make the picturebox as big as the picture is.

[Vanguard-MnC]

Ok I'll try whatever to get it working.

Thanks anyways.


Edit: If anyone could still help me please do.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

Well, here's your problem.

The Image contains the viewable content, the picture contains all persistent content.

So, if you make changes to a picture, you'll have to have it full-size before you set the .Image to the .Picture.

[Vanguard-MnC]

Originally posted by DiGiTaIErRoR
Well, here's your problem.

The Image contains the viewable content, the picture contains all persistent content.

So, if you make changes to a picture, you'll have to have it full-size before you set the .Image to the .Picture.

Well I was asking if there's a way to save a picture in a diff. way other than SavePicture.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

You could write raw data, but you still cannot get pixels that are off the DC, which is the same as the image.

The only way to do that would be to create a DIB before hand.