[Gambas-user] Grab command

[tobi]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012, trat50 wrote:
> 
> But Tobi, I have been drawing just fine on a DrawingArea.
> The DrawingArea named "Sky" is the picture posted above...
>  
> I switched from a PictureBox to a DrawingArea because I couldn't draw on a
> PictureBox.
> Now I am back to the original problem...  how to draw on a PictureBox.
> 
> When I attempt to draw on PictureBox, I get error message: "not a drawable
> object".
> It sounds like I should be able to draw on a PictureBox - but I must be
> doing it wrong.
> 
> 
> tobi-15 wrote:
> > 
> > It's quite easy to draw on a DrawingArea. You have to take the
> > DrawgingArea as a drawing device:
> > 
> > Draw.Begin(DrawingArea)
> > Draw.Picture(myPicture)
> > Draw.End()
> > 
> > (typed from scratch, no warranty, but it should be close to these lines)
> > 
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> > 
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You don't need to draw on a PictureBox. Just draw on a Picture object and then place that drawn
Picture in the PictureBox:

Draw.Begin(myPicture)
...
Draw.End()
myPictureBox.Picture = myPicture