Looking for graphic controls to use in .NET

13 Feb 2006 9:31 AM

Simon Friso

Hello,

I'm looking for a graphic control I can use in .NET.
I need the following features:

- drawing shapes
- filling shapes with color, gradient or texture
- drawing splines, arcs and curves
- present the drawings on a graphical map (jpg)

I prefer .NET technology. I know Vector Graphics ActiveX controls but that's
using COM technology.

Who knows a graphic control with specified features above?

Thanx,

Simon

13 Feb 2006 11:01 AM

CMM

Do you want to design these shapes visually or using code? If it's the
latter everything you could possibly ever want or hope for is in the
System.Drawing namespace.

If it's the former... I'm not sure about "pure .NET" controls, but you can
always embed (I would think) PowerPoint, Visio, or even Microsoft Draw
objects via OLE/COM (and even manipulate them programmatically if you so
wished). There might be more developer-specialized visual solutions. I
dunno.

--
-C. Moya
www.cmoya.com

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"Simon Friso" <SimonFr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC4F6BB0-3A2B-4B55-B0CD-E368472F5EBE@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a graphic control I can use in .NET.
> I need the following features:
>
> - drawing shapes
> - filling shapes with color, gradient or texture
> - drawing splines, arcs and curves
> - present the drawings on a graphical map (jpg)
>
> I prefer .NET technology. I know Vector Graphics ActiveX controls but
> that's
> using COM technology.
>
> Who knows a graphic control with specified features above?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Simon

13 Feb 2006 11:22 AM

Simon Friso

Thanks.
I want to use code to calculate the shape and then present in on the screen.
Ã go looking in the system.drawing namespace

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"CMM" wrote:

> Do you want to design these shapes visually or using code? If it's the
> latter everything you could possibly ever want or hope for is in the
> System.Drawing namespace.
>
> If it's the former... I'm not sure about "pure .NET" controls, but you can
> always embed (I would think) PowerPoint, Visio, or even Microsoft Draw
> objects via OLE/COM (and even manipulate them programmatically if you so
> wished). There might be more developer-specialized visual solutions. I
> dunno.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
> "Simon Friso" <SimonFr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EC4F6BB0-3A2B-4B55-B0CD-E368472F5EBE@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a graphic control I can use in .NET.
> > I need the following features:
> >
> > - drawing shapes
> > - filling shapes with color, gradient or texture
> > - drawing splines, arcs and curves
> > - present the drawings on a graphical map (jpg)
> >
> > I prefer .NET technology. I know Vector Graphics ActiveX controls but
> > that's
> > using COM technology.
> >
> > Who knows a graphic control with specified features above?
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Simon
>
>
>

13 Feb 2006 11:48 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Simon Friso" <SimonFr***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> I'm looking for a graphic control I can use in .NET.
> I need the following features:
>
> - drawing shapes
> - filling shapes with color, gradient or texture
> - drawing splines, arcs and curves
> - present the drawings on a graphical map (jpg)
>
> I prefer .NET technology. I know Vector Graphics ActiveX controls but
> that's
> using COM technology.

Check out the 'System.Drawing' namespace and its subnamespaces such as
'System.Drawing.Drawing2D'.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

13 Feb 2006 1:56 PM

Peter Proost

Another good site to check out if you're going to using system.drawing is
http://www.bobpowell.net/

Hope this helps

Greetz Peter

--
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)

15 Feb 2006 12:23 PM

Jeff at Bennet-Tec.com

MetaDraw .NET Winforms should meet your needs
except for Splines ( but we do support Beziers )

MetaDraw supports Drawing by code or you can enable end-user drawing
In addition to basic drawing, MetaDraw supports Selection, Moving / Resizing
drawn shapes, Zoom, Scroll, UnDo / ReDo, tagging of drawn shapes with hidden
data, and much more

Check it out at www.Bennet-Tec.com/BTProducts/MetaDraw/MetaDraw.htm

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"Simon Friso" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a graphic control I can use in .NET.
> I need the following features:
>
> - drawing shapes
> - filling shapes with color, gradient or texture
> - drawing splines, arcs and curves
> - present the drawings on a graphical map (jpg)
>
> I prefer .NET technology. I know Vector Graphics ActiveX controls but that's
> using COM technology.
>
> Who knows a graphic control with specified features above?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Simon