HELP ME PLZ<<URGENT

[**UM HASSAN**]

I HAV TWO QUESTIONS ( I AM USING VB.NET2003)

1- HOW CAN I MAKE THE BACKGROUNDIMAGE OF THE FORM NOT TO BE TILE ,, I WANT IT TO BE STRECH (IN THE CENTER)

2- IF I HAVE A BUTTON AND A PICTUREBOX IN A FORM ,, HOW CAN I PRINT THE PICTURE ONLY (NOT THE FULL FORM) WHEN CLICKING ON THE BUTTON.

THX

[stanav]

Answers for:
1. Set your form's BackgroundImageLayout property to "Stretch".
2. You need to use a PrintDocument component, and do the printing in the PrintPage event.

[**UM HASSAN**]

WHERE CAN I GET THE BackgroundImageLayout property , I'M NOT GETTING IT IN VB.NET2003

(You need to use a PrintDocument component, and do the printing in the PrintPage event)
COULD YOU EXPLAIN MORE?? CUZ I DIDN'T USE THIS COMPONENT EVER

[stanav]

Didn't pay attention to your vb.net version on the first post.... For VB.Net 2003, you pretty much have to resize the background image yourself. And here is one way of doing it (Assuming that you already set your form's backgroundimage property to some image, now you just need to handle the resize in form load and form resize events)

Private bgImage As Image = Nothing
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
                           ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                           Handles MyBase.Load
        bgImage = Me.BackgroundImage
        StretchBackground()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Form1_Resize(ByVal sender As Object, _
                             ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
                             Handles MyBase.Resize
        If Not Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then
            StretchBackground()
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub StretchBackground()
        If Not bgImage Is Nothing Then
            Me.BackgroundImage = ResizeImage(bgImage, _
                                             Me.ClientSize.Width, _
                                             Me.ClientSize.Height)
        End If
    End Sub
 
    Private Function ResizeImage(ByVal img As Image, _
                                 ByVal width As Integer, _
                                 ByVal height As Integer) As Bitmap
        Dim bm As New Bitmap(width, height)
        Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bm)
        g.InterpolationMode = Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic
        g.DrawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height)
        Return bm
    End Function

For using a PrintDocument, you can search the forum... There are already many examples on it, so I don't want to reinvent the wheel

[**UM HASSAN**]

Thx Alot, But The Img Is Is Still Tile At The Design Time , It Is Strech Only When Running The Program, ( And Actually I Need To Assign Some Transparent Lables On Specific Locations On The Image)

[Shaggy Hiker]

To stretch it at design time, you will simply need to size the image correctly for the form, and paste it on. I don't think there is a way to automate this, as I can't see any reason why there should be.

[kleinma]

why not something like this

Private _BGImage As Image = Image.FromFile("c:\bgimage.jpg")
 
    Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint
        e.Graphics.DrawImage(_BGImage, e.ClipRectangle)
    End Sub
 
 
    Private Sub Form1_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.SizeChanged
        Me.Invalidate()
    End Sub