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Help DrawImage in System.Drawing Namespace

In the past when coding using VB6 I frequently use to use BitBlt to transfer images to the visible screen. One function this offered was the ability to "AND" the source image, with the destination image. I cannot find a way to do this in VB.Net. Does anyone know if it is possible using the System.Drawing namespace ? or is there a different way to product this function ? or should I stay with BitBlt (and is API Bitblt still supported in Vista?)

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Luis Pérez

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Blackninja2007

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What I can do with "AND" is create a grey scale bitmap for something like a SevenSEG Display, then when I blit it in if the desitination is cleared to red first the SevenSEG display appears Red LED, if the destination is cleared to green the SevenSEG display appears Green LED, and with a little bit of maniulation you can also generate a sevenSEG display that looks like LCD or BackLit LCD all from a single bit map.

Is BitBlt still accepted as good/acceptable programming structure then for this kind of function ?

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Blackninja2007

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Thanks for you assist, I guess confirmation for me to use bitblt, as .NET does not provide this functionality. Thanks again.

Mike Tomlinson

If I understand correctly you can do this in .Net...I ~think~ you want something like this:

Dim bmp As New Bitmap(someWidth, someHeight)
Dim G As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
G.Clear(Color.Green) ' fill it with green

' ...draw on it somehow...
' Manually:
G.DrawLine(Pens.Black, 0, 0, 100, 100)

' Draw another Image on top:
G.DrawImage(someMemoryImageHere, New Point(0, 0))

G.Dispose()
' ...do something with "bmp"...

Blackninja2007

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Hi Idle I have attached an image showig a sample of what I mean.
Image1.jpg

Mike Tomlinson

Ok...so more of an alpha blend image then?

That is also possible to do in .Net:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21302112/multiple-images-color-blending.html#13228503