Draw text on a image and save the result

12 Apr 2005 5:36 AM

Rob Willaar

Hi All,

I try to draw text on a picturebox.
The text appears but it is drawn on top of the picture.
when i try to save the result the text is gone.

12 Apr 2005 5:47 AM

Cor Ligthert

Rob,

You should draw in my opinon that text on the underlaying bitmap. You can
draw on any place on a form text.

Cor

12 Apr 2005 8:54 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Rob Willaar" <r.will***@xs4all.nl> schrieb:
> I try to draw text on a picturebox.
> The text appears but it is drawn on top of the picture.
> when i try to save the result the text is gone.

Instead of drawing onto the picturebox, draw onto the bitmap directly:

\\\
Dim b As New Bitmap(...) ' Take a look at the overloaded constructor.
Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(b)
g.DrawImage(...)
g.DrawString(...)
g.Dispose()
b.Save(...)
b.Dispose()
///

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12 Apr 2005 1:54 PM

Bob Powell [MVP]

Read the #1 GDI+ FAQ article then browse to the article that explains how to
draw text on an image.

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> Hi All,
>
> I try to draw text on a picturebox.
> The text appears but it is drawn on top of the picture.
> when i try to save the result the text is gone.
>
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