Paint in ASP.NET

[Jurjen de Groot]

Hi,

I'm looking for an ASP.NET control in wich I can let my users create a
simple drawing, some lines, rectangles.
Anyone know of such a control ?

TIA,
Jurjen

 

[sloan]

You probably should investiage SilverLight.

atalasoft.com may have something as well.

 

[clintonG]

Silverlight? Maybe but not likely at this early stage development noting
what is being asked for is actually done using client-side code: JavaScript
and the DOM. I'd start looking around for DHTML solutions as that's how its
usually done.

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

 

[erik.schuchmann]

You might look at <canvas>. It's not a .net control - it's entirely
client-side. You'd also have to implement the hooks for user
control. It's supported natively in mozilla, opera, and safari.
Googlecode has an opensource implementation for IE. More info here:
http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/

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[Phil H]

Hi,

I'm looking for an ASP.NET control in wich I can let my users create a
simple drawing, some lines, rectangles.
Anyone know of such a control ?

TIA,
Jurjen

You will not find anything remotely suitable in ASP.NET What you
require is purely a client-side solution. It is possible to do drawing
with ASP.NET but only programatically on the server.

Consider a Windows.Form application you won't do it as a web app.

 

[Samuel R. Neff]

This is accomplished relatively easily with Adobe Flash and Flex.

Here are a few examples:

http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2007/9/28/flex-whiteboard-component

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1175971

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1196017

And here's a full photo editor done in Flex:

http://www.picnik.com/

And Adobe is working on a version of Photoshop done entirely in Flex

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/09/photoshop_expre.html

With Flash/Flex it's even possible to have a shared whiteboard across
different peers. Adobe's Connect product has this built-in and
they're in the process of breaking connect up into a set of components
that can be integrated into custom applications.

HTH,

Sam