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[VB6 to VB.net] SetPixel


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i'm not exactly looking forward to moving over to VB.net to me VB6 is better but i'm just going to have to learn both

(VB6 for my own stuff/.Net for other...)

anyway my question is

VB.net removed the pset function and its a hassle to call Get/SetPixel API from .net

i had a look and found that VB.Net includes the SetPixel function within its library thats good but the problem is

it seems to only accept fixed data e.g. Color.Black, Color.White

Dim pixelColor As Color = myBitmap.GetPixel(50, 50)

I love doing per-pixel manipulation is .net going to stop me from doing this?

can i still do something like this

Dim Color1 As Long
Dim Color2 As Long

Dim Red1 As Long
Dim Green1 As Long
Dim Blue1 As Long

Dim Red2 As Long
Dim Green2 As Long
Dim Blue2 As Long

Dim X As Long
Dim Y As Long

	For X = 0 To Picture1.ScaleWidth - 1
		For Y = 0 To Picture1.ScaleHeight - 1
			Color1 = GetPixel(Picture1.hDC, X, Y)
			Color2 = GetPixel(Picture2.hDC, X, Y)

			Red1 = Fix(Color1 Mod 256)
			Green1 = Fix((Color1 Mod 65536) / 256)
			Blue1 = Fix((Color1 Mod 16777216) / 65536)

			Red2 = Fix(Color2 Mod 256)
			Green2 = Fix((Color2 Mod 65536) / 256)
			Blue2 = Fix((Color2 Mod 16777216) / 65536)


			Red1 = (Red1 + Red2) / 2
			Green1 = (Green1 + Green2) / 2
			Blue1 = (Blue1 + Blue2) / 2

			SetPixel Picture2.hDC, X, Y, RGB(Red1, Green1, Blue1)
		Next Y

		Picture2.Refresh
		DoEvents
	Next X

can someone show me an equivalent to that in .net? or should i just give up on .net all together

(I would like to use Dibits, However i'd like to take one step at a time :))

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In .NET, a Color is represented by a 'Color' object. Colors.Red is just a color with 255,255,0,0 (red, full opacity) in it. You can pass any Color object to the SetPixel method, so you can make your own Color object very easily.

There's a static method in Color, FromArgb that should do what you want.

Just pass Color.FromArgb(Red,Blue,Green) to the SetPixel method.

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  MioTheGreat said:
In .NET, a Color is represented by a 'Color' object. Colors.Red is just a color with 255,255,0,0 (red, full opacity) in it. You can pass any Color object to the SetPixel method, so you can make your own Color object very easily.

There's a static method in Color, FromArgb that should do what you want.

Just pass Color.FromArgb(Red,Blue,Green) to the SetPixel method.

is there a To Argb method?

like if i use getpixel can i break it down? (ill check soon)

also umm wouldn't that be much slower? is there a way to get around using the color object and just hand it decimals? :D

if not then thats ok whats Dibits like? does it still exist or can i use its api call? (i'm not liking this new programming language)

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A color object is just a class that contains 4 byte objects, A, R, G, and B. All the .NET methods that do ANYTHING with color will expect you to hand it a System.Drawing.Color object. You'll never see passing of just the component values around.

.NET is overall much better than vb6. .NET is very object oriented, has good error handling, etc. vb6 just....sucked.

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  MioTheGreat said:
A color object is just a class that contains 4 byte objects, A, R, G, and B. All the .NET methods that do ANYTHING with color will expect you to hand it a System.Drawing.Color object. You'll never see passing of just the component values around.

.NET is overall much better than vb6. .NET is very object oriented, has good error handling, etc. vb6 just....sucked.

I don't know

VB6 just....its perfect i love it Lol

VB.NET on the other hand....makes me sick to be honest

I can't accept the fact that VB.net is a newer version then VB6 rather then its a completely different language all together with somewhat similar syntax

the code just looks messier and slower (even though it runs faster) which means they are hiding more from the programmer

OO may be good for some but...if this is whats involved, Then no thanks ^_^

I'll try the setpixel stuff out maybe i can write a DLL to bring back some functionality from VB6 that i liked :)

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An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in WindowsApplication1.exe

Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

CType(PictureBox1.Image, Bitmap).SetPixel(x, y, Color.Black)

I just wan't to cry......theres no way in hell that .net is better then VB6

only benefits i've seen so far is speed in run time nothing else

and since speed isn't an issue....

Edit:

Ahh forget it thanks everyone for your help but vb.net just isn't worth it i'll stick to vb6/c++/asm

shouldn't have to hassle so much to use a simple function

setpixel hdc, x, y, cr

^ That was the best function ever and they ruined it with all this object crap

don't get me wrong objects are great but they've just over done it the only objects i want to see

are the ones i've written not to confuse them with api calls

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Er. Really, sticking with vb6 is a pretty crappy idea. It'll hopefully be dying out soon. More and more is going .NET because it's simply better.

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the code just looks messier and slower (even though it runs faster) which means they are hiding more from the programmer

That's because you're still thinking like a vb6 developer. The code in .NET can be much cleaner and more sensible than the stuff in .NET. You have to rid yourself of the poor programming practices vb6 enforced.

A NullReferenceException means you've got an object somewhere that is null, and you tried to use it. Post the full details of the exception for more information.

Most likely, your PictureBox1.Image casted to a Bitmap was null. Are you sure the Image was set?

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only benefits i've seen so far is speed in run time nothing else

You have to remember that VB.NET an entirely different language to vb6. It shares some syntax, but the underlying principles have been radically altered for the better.

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