Draw a Circle in a PictureBox

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I have a picturebox, 40 x 40, backcolor black. I want to draw a circle 40 x 40, color - white and text in the center of the circle, forecolor - black.

How do I do this???

Posted 4-Sep-11 7:11am

rspercy65

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This is quite possible (you need to get an instance of the Graphics of the picture and draw on it), but makes no sense. Instead, you can more easily draw on a custom Control, including Form or Panel. The class PictureBox won't add any useful functionality to it, will only create some hassles and eat up extra runtime and memory.

The question is: what to do instead? I explain it in my past solution: How do I clear a panel from old drawing[^].

The link provided by Mika also shows how to do it right.

—SA

Posted 4-Sep-11 19:19pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 4-Sep-11 19:23pm

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Wendelius 5-Sep-11 1:25am

Good answer, my 5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Sep-11 2:42am

Thank you, Mika.
--SA

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-04T07:18:00

Solution 1

The idea of the picturebox is that you can load a picture into it. It's not meant to be drawn at directly.

Here's one good looking article: http://www.bobpowell.net/picturebox.htm[^]

Posted 4-Sep-11 7:18am

Wendelius

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rspercy65 4-Sep-11 13:54pm

THNX ALOT...I totally forgot about Mr. Popwell's site.

Wendelius 4-Sep-11 13:58pm

No problem, glad it helped :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Sep-11 1:21am

I agree, but, strictly speaking, drawing on PictureBox is possible, only it makes no sense. I voted 4.
Also, what to do?
I answered this question, please see.
Your answer is credited, your link also provides the answer.
--SA

Wendelius 5-Sep-11 1:24am

Exactly, also efficient repainting can be a mess depending on the graphics.