picturebox

[Frank]

Hi,
is there a way to put text into a picturebox. For example when displaying
only the background color with some text on top? Or are there better
controls for that. I considered a label but is does not stretch images.
Thanks
Frank

 

[Nak]

Hi Frank,

Check out the Graphics and Drawing namespaces. You can do anything you
want with a picturebox!

PictureBox1.CreateGraphics.DrawString("Nuts", PictureBox1.Font, New
SolidBrush(PictureBox1.ForeColor), 0, 0)

This will write the word "Nuts" into a picturebox at location 0,0. Hope
this helps!

Nick.

 

[Ricky W. Hunt]

Hi,
is there a way to put text into a picturebox. For example when displaying
only the background color with some text on top? Or are there better
controls for that. I considered a label but is does not stretch images.
Thanks
Frank

You could put a textbox in front it and either hide it or send it to the
back when not needed I believe.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Check out the Graphics and Drawing namespaces. You can do anything you
want with a picturebox!

PictureBox1.CreateGraphics.DrawString("Nuts", PictureBox1.Font, New
SolidBrush(PictureBox1.ForeColor), 0, 0)

Notice that it's better to dispose the 'SolidBrush' to clean up
unmanaged resources quickly, and to dispose the 'Graphics' object
created by 'CreateGraphics':

\\\
Dim g As Graphics = PictureBox1.CreateGraphics(...)
Dim sb As New SolidBrush(...)
g.DrawString(..., sb, ...)
sb.Dispose()
g.Dispose()
///

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

You can service the PictureBox Paint event and use DrawString to output the
text to the Graphics device provided in the event arguments. Use
StringFormat to align the text vertically and/or horizontally in the area.

See the GDI+ FAQ #1 most-asked question for why it's not a good idea to use
CreateGraphics.

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[Nak]

Hi Bob,

See the GDI+ FAQ #1 most-asked question for why it's not a good idea to use
CreateGraphics.

LOL, 'Twas mearly a quick and dirty example!

Nick.