Using ProgressBar.Enabled = false does not dim the progress bar.
There must be a way.  I hope somebody could guide me.
Thanks.

i have a large bitmap that i display in my main window.
as part of my app,
i need to constantly update differnet areas of this bitmap
with new small bitmaps.

I have written a screensaver application in C# .NET and have noticed
that whenever the animation loop is running - CPU usage always spikes
up close to 100%. My application uses a paint thread which is set at
100ms.

I've been working on this for several days now and could use some direction
so thanks in advace for any help.
I have a COM method which needs "the handle to the device context for the
bitmap."  I'm guessing that it's expecting a DIB but I'm not certain. If so,

I am looking to spice up my app with rich controls and eye-catching
color depth, but I am not a graphic designer (I am programmer who
can't even color coordinate my own clothes). Are there any books out
there like a GUI design guide?

I found some images have text that draw by two color, for example, one
purple pixel and then one white pixel, the background is purple, so the text
kind melt into the background, make it look not so strong. How can I draw
such text in C#? I am thinking about some kind of mask, but ...

I'm writing a small graphics program, a sort of scribble pad.
I need to be able to save a graphics path.
I think my question is how do I serialize a graphicspath.
I want to do something like this...

Hi, I draw some rectangles for some purpose, but all of those appears behing
controls such as groupbox,
panel. I want my drawings to appear on top. How can I make it?
Thanks.

I'm getting started with GDI+ and I'm looking for a good book with
showing the most recent way of displaying data in cool graphics.
I'm looking to "spice-up" my data presentation with good looking
controls and deep color depth.

When i create  a graphics using CreateGraphics method from Form class
everything is works right with my FloodFill method.
But, when i creat a graphic using Graphics.FromImage(b); (my bmp) ALL bitmap
is filled with the especific color.

I'm trying to use the GetImage method in a ASP.NET project that I've created
but I keep getting an error stating:
The name 'GetImage' does not exist in the class or namespace ...
The project includes System.Drawing and I've even tried specifying the fully

Hey Bob,
I've been doing some image flipping as per the sample on your GDI+ FAQ
(http://www.bobpowell.net/drawing_an_image.htm)
Specifically:

What're the system colors for foreground and background of a disabled
control? In fact, the foreground color of a disabled combobox (128, 128,
128) is not among SystemColors. Is there no standard for it?

I am looking for a possibility to draw e.g. a circle or rectangle with some
text in it (VB.NET and GDI+). The text will be moving, but must never exceed
the edges of the circle/rectangle. So the text should be "cut off" at the
edges of the surrounding circle/rectangle.

I'm really freezed by this problem. I'm creating a Bitmap from a
Jpg-File on a network-share using the Bitmap-class. It really works
fine but on one server, i get an "Invalid Parameter Used"-Exception
when calling Bitmap b = new Bitmap(path_to_jpg).