I'd like to suggest you will benefit from looking at our MetaDraw control
(
www.Bennet-Tec.com/btproducts/Metadraw.htm )
Not only will you be able to add the shapes and connectors,
you can also allow the user to move the shapes around after
they are drawn, and also you can assign additional hidden data
to the shapes ( like giving each shape a name, assigning the name
of the user making the annotation, assigning the date, and perhaps
a database reference, etc) . You can also hide or show the shapes
dynamically ( show me all shapes marked as Critical ), and you can
make the shapes hotspots so when another end-user is simply
viewing the image he can move his mouse over the shape, and you
can capture this event and show additional information.
Other features include UnDo /ReDo, Zoom, Scroll, Print,
Save and Reload markers ....
I'd be happy to tell you more about MetaDraw and to go over
your requirements with you.
Contact me at
Jeff Bennett
Jeff @ Bennet-Tec.Com
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Subject: Drawing on VB.Net user forms
4/19/2005 1:20 PM PST
By: Dursun In: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Collegues, is it possible to do the foloowing:
Let end user draw specific shapes (a circle that has a number within
it and a connector that points to a specific area on the background image)
using Windows Forms and controls. To be more specific, I want to design a
VB.Net Windows form where end user will mark damages on an airplane
picture (which might be background picture of the form) using a marker
object that has a circle (with a number in it that specifies the damage type)
and a line connector that poits to the specific area of the airplane where
the damage is) and then after placing the markers, can save the resulting
image (markers superimposed on the background image) into a database
field (SQL Server if possible).
Is it possible?
I'd appreciate any opinion on this. Thank you.
Delen
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