SAve Graph control as bitmap image

[Girit]

Hello,

    Is it possible to save Graph control images as bitmap, jpeg files? Thank you.

Cem

[DWeiland]

Hi Cem,

Take a look the example found here. That should get you started.

Thanks Cem, have a  good one!

[Girit]

Dan,

     Thank you for the answer,but I use Version 6. I've seen this KB article before I post this message. So any solutions for V6? Thank you.

Cem

[bilalD]

You can use the SavePicture method to save the result of GetControlImage to a bmp. See the Help for the VB 6.0 function SavePicture for more info.

[Girit]

Bilal,

              Thank you. I know what savepicture does but I am not sure about GetControlImage. There is no such thing in Version 6. The only property/method get close to it is cwgraph1.images.picture  But this does not return an image, it loads an image to the control. Please be more specific. Thank you.

Cem

[bilalD]

Whoops. You're correct. The function you're interested in is called ControlImageEx

Sorry about that. The following line will save the image of the entire graph to a bitmap

SavePicture CWGraph1.ControlImageEx(96, 96), "c:\graph.bmp"

[Girit]

Bilal,

[Girit]

Hello Bilal,

      Now, you are talking. Thank you. This hint helped. But I am still puzzled. You are using CWGraph1.ControlImageEx(96, 96) I do not have this. I have CWGraph1.ControlImage without I guess (width, height) arguments for saving the image to a given size. As I said my version of Measurement Studio for VB is 6. Is there an upgrade that gives me this function? Thank you.

Cem

PS. Sorry for the previous empty message.

[DWeiland]

Hi Girit,

It sounds like you have an old version of the control. Download the Measurement Studio Update from the following link:

http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/websearch/2aac97491d073a6c86256eef005374ce

To get the latest version of your VB 6.0 controls.

[Girit]

Thank you Dan. I did.

Cem