i am creating a .NET C#/WinForms application that needs to allow the user to
scroll *flawlessly* through a set of between 50-150 JPG images (of size
~30-80K per image), via a standard scrollbar.
i have implemented this solution already, using a single PictureBox for

I'm writing a small application that watches a directory for .tif image
files.  When one arrives in the directory, my application needs to
resize it so it prints out on a letter-size page.  If I print them the
way they arrive, the top corner of the image is printed (and it spans

Hello, I'm new to C#/.NET and would like to play around with the preview
window for a C# screen saver.  I understand from a previous posting I did
that one of the parameters given to a screen saver is the window handle for
the preview pane (correct term?).  Ok, I understand that ...

I'm trying to paint some text onto a graphics object with the DrawString
function.  I can't accomplish what I used to do with the GDI function
SetBkMode, which allowed me to write transparent or opaque text on the HDC.
Now, all text is transparent.  How can I get the DrawString ...

Hi,
 I got the following exception in the code.
 "You may not change this Brush because it does not belong to you".
because of this i am getting my control with big red cross "X".

could anyone please tell me how to capture mouse in Windows Forms.I want
something equivalent to SetCapture and ReleaseCapture in
.NET framework.
Thanking you.

Here is some of the points and observations about my screensaver, where I am
being tortured by the InvalidOperationException raised from
System.Graphics.EndContainer(). Here is what I think is happening. Does the
stack trace below bear this out? Is there a method to tell the ...

I am new to GDI programming and Win32 programming in general and I am trying
to get some definitive understanding on the state of hardware acceleration
(and general software optimisation come to that) in GDI and GDI+.
I am hoping to use either GDI or GDI+ for some 2D animations I ...

1. PaintEventArgs.Graphics.Drawstring() need to specify the upper-left
coordinate for the text to be drawn. What measure unit should be used for the
coordinate?
2.  Why the following piece of code can't print the Texts (on letter paper)?

If a string contains spaces MeasureString returns unexpected results
The following code
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

I would like to scroll an object on a panel with a fixed grid for the
background. I couldn't figure out how to use the AutoScroll feature of the
Panel tool to do this. My latest approach is to use a horizontal scroll bar
docked on the panel, using its scrolling event to ...

Hi I am creating a form for vieweing and editing faxes. I read the fax
tiff file into the picturebox. And I have two problems:
1.I want to add a function for the users to be able to select an area
in the picture box and clear it. I am using the Graphics.DrawRectangle

I have bitmap object of size AxB. Now I want to scale to 80%.
Here by scalling I mean Strech or shrink the image.
I am not able to see any functionality available in Bitmap/Image object.
Please help me in finding the direct way to do it.

How can I print a String into a fixed point in a Letter page, say, 1.32inch
to the left edge of the paper, and 2.54inch from top edge. Could anyone give
a simple sample code for this?
New to printing, and thanks xo much.

I am using .bmp files as icon in the icon directory