Updated:: Fixed mem leak save routine (oops); added minimal unicode support to sample form for playing & as promised, SaveAs Jpg/Png/Bmp capable. A project I wrote to learn more about GDI+ graphics paths. Think it can be useful for others who want to explore paths. I thought I was going to make this a full-blown WordArt-clone but have since lost interest. This project may be updated in the future, but it will remain low on my priorities. Graphic paths are fun to play with, but short of creating a Paint-like application or using paths to manipulated direction/speed of some animated object I can't find much use for them. Have fun playing with it.
26Mar08: Added ability to save a GDI+ path to JPG, Bitmap and/or PNG formats. 27Mar08: Found & fixed mem leak in save routine. In sample form, added some unicode support for playing.
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Well you've outdone yourself. I'll be busy for weeks now. Thanks for the post and keep it up. ***** (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
In cWordArt.BuildDisplay, remove lines of code allowing Underline & StrikeThru font style. Not coded; never got around to it. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
This looks really nice and I feel this can be a nice foundation for Image Watermark application. Keith, you're the master of Image Processing; why don't you give a try to Image Watermark tool? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Just a small things that I would like to let you know. You've forgotten to handle Cancel error on Colour Selection Dialog boxes for Shadow and Emboss. But that's certainly nothing much and anyone can easily counter that stuff. The hard work is done with some real good code here. Thanks for sharing it with all of us! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Ruturaaj, thanx will add error trap in sample form when I update it. Will update in next week or so to add saving as png/jpg plus any major errors that are reported btwn now & then. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
hmm, crashes my IDE with a GDI+ error when I get to the line: .Move picCanvas.ScaleWidth... in ShowSample. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Joe, replied offline. For all others: FYI. Using GDI+ is very similar to subclassing. Don't hit END or STOP while project is running. Crashes can occur, not immediately in most cases, but they can occur. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
K.Foster. Sorry about that, the current upload fixes it (test code was cause). All others. Upload of 12Mar08 fixes potential crash due to wrong vartype used in GDI+ call. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hi Keith, I thought this crash could be fixed if we use all the GDI+ API inside a tlb file (Gdiplus.tlb). Am I wrong ? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Soorya, GDI+ crashing IDE will continue to happen if running proj in ide is not shut down properly, TLB or not. If one wants to add extra safety here, look at my solution: txtCodeId=69434 (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Oops, saving routine had a boo-boo. Will update a bit later, but here is what you will want to fix. Class: clsWAPath Routine: SaveToImageArray Code: replace hObj with br as shown... If BackColor < 0& Then ...br = CreateSolidBrush(vbWhite) Else ...br = CreateSolidBrush(BackColor) End If FillRect dDC, uRect, br DeleteObject br (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
This is an appeal for help. Is it possible to combine Lavolpes Wordart program with Tim Arheits Word Art user control and Simon Whiteheads WprdArt Custom WordArt program
Thanking all in anticipation
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Has anyone migrated this to .NET? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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