"free-form" selection {Polygon Selection}

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suresh - 31 May 2004 04:41 GMT

Can any body tell me how to have a free-form{polygon}
selection of an image in .NET. The one the look alike of
the one in the mspaint free-form selection.

Thanks in Advance
suresh

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Bob Powell [MVP] - 31 May 2004 12:19 GMT

You have to write code that accumulates points when the user clicks the
mouse and store the polygon for use later. This can be used to create a
GraphicsPath or Region that can be used to limit drawing to a specific area
or cut and paste the image data as needed.

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> Can any body tell me how to have a free-form{polygon}
> selection of an image in .NET. The one the look alike of
> the one in the mspaint free-form selection.
>
> Thanks in Advance
> suresh

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