Displaying image

[John]

Hi

I am trying to display an image in a dialog using the following code;

Dim frm As New frmImage
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap

z.FromFile("c:\ temp\image.gif" )
frm.picImage.Im age = z
frm.ShowDialog( )
frm.Dispose()

Trouble is that no image appears in the dialog. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Regards

[John]

PS: picImage is a PictureBox.

"John" <jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi

I am trying to display an image in a dialog using the following code;

Dim frm As New frmImage
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap

z.FromFile("c:\ temp\image.gif" )
frm.picImage.Im age = z
frm.ShowDialog( )
frm.Dispose()

Trouble is that no image appears in the dialog. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Regards

[Michael Bray]

"John" <jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.uk> wrote in news:OxEaex3kDH A.1284
@TK2MSFTNGP09.p hx.gbl:

I am trying to display an image in a dialog using the following code;

Dim frm As New frmImage
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap

z.FromFile("c:\ temp\image.gif" )
frm.picImage.Im age = z
frm.ShowDialog( )
frm.Dispose()

Trouble is that no image appears in the dialog. What am I doing wrong?

I presume from the fact that you aren't indicating that the compiler is
failing that you really mean

z = Image.FromFile( "c:\temp\image. gif");

but there is another error. I think you are having a problem with your
backslashes in the filename... In general, you should always check a
variable before you use it. I would put money of the supposition that 'z'
is null after the call to FromFile(). To FIX the problem replace the line
with either:

z = Image.FromFile( @"c:\temp\image .gif");

(the @ tells the compiler not to interpret the '\' characters), OR

z = Image.FromFile( "c:\\temp\\imag e.gif");

-mbray

[Fergus Cooney]

Evening John,

Put a breakpoint on the Image = z line and check the value of z. You'll
find that it's Nothing.

z.FromFile() is calling a <shared> method. It's the same as calling
Bitmap.FromFile (..). In other words it doesn't (can't) change z.

What you need is either:
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap
z = Bitmap.FromFile ("c:\temp\image .gif")
or simply
Dim z As New System.Drawing. Bitmap ("c:\temp\image .gif")

Regards,
Fergus

[Fergus Cooney]

Howdy Michael,

It's in VB so the syntax is fine, but it's true that the result should be
assigned to z.

Regards,
Fergus

[Michael Bray]

"Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> wrote in
news:u7******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl:

It's in VB so the syntax is fine, but it's true that the result
should be
assigned to z.

Yeah I realized that and knocked on my head a few times after I saw your
original reply. This is why I think we should just get rid of VB
altogether. *ducks* (just kidding, of course.)

-mbray

[Fergus Cooney]

Hi Michael,

ROFL. Many a serious word spoken in jest.

Presumably you're from a framework group, so welcome to this glimpse of
languages.vb. ;-)

Regards,
Fergus

[John]

Thanks. That worked.

Anyway to zoom the image if it is too big to fit in picturebox's current
size? Ideally I would like a zoom level that a user can set, otherwise
whatever is possible.

Thanks

Regards
"Fergus Cooney" <fi******@tesco .net> wrote in message
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Evening John,

Put a breakpoint on the Image = z line and check the value of z. You'll find that it's Nothing.

z.FromFile() is calling a <shared> method. It's the same as calling
Bitmap.FromFile (..). In other words it doesn't (can't) change z.

What you need is either:
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap
z = Bitmap.FromFile ("c:\temp\image .gif")
or simply
Dim z As New System.Drawing. Bitmap ("c:\temp\image .gif")

Regards,
Fergus

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "John" <jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.uk> scripsit:

PS: picImage is a PictureBox.

Problem solved?

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "John" <jo**@nospam.in fovis.co.uk> scripsit:

I am trying to display an image in a dialog using the following code;

Dim frm As New frmImage
Dim z As System.Drawing. Bitmap

z.FromFile("c:\ temp\image.gif" )

Use this instead: 'z = Image.FromFile( ...)'

--
Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>