display image using windows console application in c#

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hi,

Please help me out, how to display image using windows console application in c#.

is it possible?

Posted 4-Nov-14 18:47pm

Mithra Madhu P

Updated 20-Sep-21 5:57am

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BillWoodruff · Answer 1 · 2014-11-04T18:57:00

You cannot display a bitmap/image in a Console Window: the Console is Text only. Good summary here of what you can, and can't do with a Console Window: [^].

You can do this:

0. reference System.Drawing in a Console app, and create graphics, and save them to a file, or open a grahics file and modify its bits and save it, etc.

1. display Unicode extended characters in the Console Window, some of which are kind-of graphics

2. drive yourself crazy trying to make art of characters

3. display a Console Window in, or along with, a Windows Forms application, and use the WinForm app to display the bitmap/image in the usual way.

I explored this in 2009, using code on this post on StackOverFlow: [^].

And I asked a question based on my experience adapting that code: [^].

Turned out to be tricky stuff, getting the Window and Console working together, positioned correctly, etc.

Myvar · Answer 2 · 2014-11-04T18:58:00

Well you can create a windows form and set its border to none add a picture box set its dock to fill and set its image then show the form

here is the code:

C#

var f = new Form();
f.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
 f.Controls.Add(new PictureBox() { ImageLocation = @"Path//To//Image",Dock = DockStyle.Fill});
f.Show();

Hope it works for you.

EDIT:
dont for get to use the namespace System.Windows.Forms

C#

using System.Windows.Forms;

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