Graphics Path for C#/.net

[Jon Slaughter]

I was wondering if there is some external way to create/generate a graphics
path for use in C#(.net)? i.e., something, say like using photoshop to
create the graphics paths then loading them up in C# and displaying them
with drawpath?

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Jon,

Unfortunately, no, there isn't.

What you could do is create a plug in for photoshop that will export
this information in a way that you can utilize in C#. There is one already
for WPF, which exports XAML.

Hope this helps.

 

[Jon Slaughter]

Jon,

Unfortunately, no, there isn't.

What you could do is create a plug in for photoshop that will export
this information in a way that you can utilize in C#. There is one
already for WPF, which exports XAML.

Hope this helps.

Ok, What about this then. Do you know if there is a file format that is
structurally compatible with the GraphicsPath? What I mean is I was thinking
that I could just write a simple import/export routine that would store the
necessary information of the graphicspath in a file. I wouldn't want all
the complications that come with other formats(such as wmf, ps, etc...). I
could, for example, just store the C# code that creates the path but that
seems like it would be a little bulky and would require precompilation to
use(or use CLR).

I'll look into the photoshop plugin. I haven't worked with it before but it
would be an excellent way to draw the paths if its not a project in and of
itself to do.

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Jon,

There is nothing that I know of that is structurally compatible with
GraphicsPath. GraphicsPath isn't even Serializable (xml serialization or
otherwise), so you can't really get path information from it without doing
it yourself.

I would just export XML from illustrator.

You mentioned photoshop in your original post, but I think you meant
illustrator. Photoshop isn't meant for things like paths and line
generation. That's what Illustrator is for.

Honestly, I would just take the plugin that generates XAML, and use
that. The plugin from Illustrator shouldn't be doing anything special in
terms of objects, I imagine that it uses lines, beizer curves, and simple
geometric paths/shapes. The resulting XAML should be easy to parse and
convert into a GraphicsPath.