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Hi,
I have a picture box with a certain BMP.
If I'm running my application in Monochrome monitor, the picture became totally black, but if I'm opening the same BMP in Paint application it looks good (all colors are transformed to grey colors)
How can I display the picture in VB ?
Many thanks
I have a picture box with a certain BMP.
If I'm running my application in Monochrome monitor, the picture became totally black, but if I'm opening the same BMP in Paint application it looks good (all colors are transformed to grey colors)
How can I display the picture in VB ?
Many thanks
ASKER
The Monochrome monitor is in use in medical applications.
I do need to load many different BMP's and JPG's dynamically - the pictures created while the program is running so I cannot use SaveAs option.
thanks
I do need to load many different BMP's and JPG's dynamically - the pictures created while the program is running so I cannot use SaveAs option.
thanks
I would have to agree with Toad...you may be better off looking into API functions rather than using the picturebox.
hmm... really? There are actually medical devices that run Windows with VB programs...
Does the picture display correctly in Internet Explorer? If it does, I suppose you could use the Internet Explorer ActiveX control. What other ways have you tried displaying it? Does it display properly in any other programs you have tried?
Does the picture display correctly in Internet Explorer? If it does, I suppose you could use the Internet Explorer ActiveX control. What other ways have you tried displaying it? Does it display properly in any other programs you have tried?
Well, there is a difference between monochrome and greyscale. Monochrome means one single color or shade. So, VB is going to look at the bitmap and ask if each pixel is closer to white or black, and then turn the pixel to that.
If you need the bitmap to look good under Monochrome, then as Toad224 suggested, bring the bitmap into Paint and reduce the colors to Monochrome. It's likely that paint will do a better job of the conversion than the picturebox control would.
If you want to have a color bitmap for people with color monitors, and a black and white one for monochrome monitors, then you'd probably want to use two separate bitmaps and then check the system's display properties before loading the bmp to decide which one to load.
If you need the bitmap to look good under Monochrome, then as Toad224 suggested, bring the bitmap into Paint and reduce the colors to Monochrome. It's likely that paint will do a better job of the conversion than the picturebox control would.
If you want to have a color bitmap for people with color monitors, and a black and white one for monochrome monitors, then you'd probably want to use two separate bitmaps and then check the system's display properties before loading the bmp to decide which one to load.
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If you're not looking to display a specific bitmap, and perhaps letter the user choose one to open, you should look at the WinAPI functions for other methods of displaying bitmaps instead of using the picturebox in VB.
I hope that helps. Good luck!