Load vb6 stdPicture from vb.net

[Metallicore]

Does anyone know how to load a vb6 stdPicture (in an
existing DLL) from vb.net?

System.Drawing. Image is not the same thing as stdPicture
in vb6.

[Pieter Philippaerts]

"Metallicor e" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message

Does anyone know how to load a vb6 stdPicture (in an
existing DLL) from vb.net?
System.Drawing. Image is not the same thing as stdPicture
in vb6.

If I remember correctly, the StdPicture object has a 'Handle' property [that
returned a Long in VB classic].
You can pass that value as the hBitmap parameter of the Image.FromHbitm ap
method and it will return a .NET Bitmap instance.

If the StdPicture also has a Palette property [I seem to remember something
like that, but I'm unsure], you can use the second overload of the
FromHbitmap method to pass that palette handle also.

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
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[Metallicore]

If I understand you correctly, I'd have to change the vb6
dll, I cannot. It has a property that accepts a
StdPicture. I want to send it a bitmap from a VB.Net app.

-----Original Message-----
"Metallicore " <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message

Does anyone know how to load a vb6 stdPicture (in an
existing DLL) from vb.net?
System.Drawing. Image is not the same thing as stdPicture in vb6.

If I remember correctly, the StdPicture object has

a 'Handle' property [thatreturned a Long in VB classic].
You can pass that value as the hBitmap parameter of the Image.FromHbitm apmethod and it will return a .NET Bitmap instance.

If the StdPicture also has a Palette property [I seem to remember somethinglike that, but I'm unsure], you can use the second overload of theFromHbitmap method to pass that palette handle also.

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts
Managed SSL/TLS: http://www.mentalis.org/go.php?sl
.

[Sheky]

Public Class ImageConverter
Inherits System.Windows. Forms.AxHost
' converts a IPicture to .Net image format

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New("3AF F760D-9937-4f65-95B7-258AB7CB4E78")
End Sub

Public Shared Function ImageToIPicture (ByVal Image As _
System.Drawing. Image) As stdole.StdPictu re
ImageToIPicture = AxHost.GetIPict ureFromPicture( Image)
End Function

Public Shared Function IPictureToImage (ByVal Image As
stdole.StdPictu re) _ As System.Drawing. Image
IPictureToImage = AxHost.GetPictu reFromIPicture( Image)
End Function
End Class

"Metallicor e" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message news:<0a******* *************** ******@phx.gbl> ...

Does anyone know how to load a vb6 stdPicture (in an
existing DLL) from vb.net?

System.Drawing. Image is not the same thing as stdPicture
in vb6.