[Gambas-user] Bad Image format

[Paul Horechuk]

Thank you. Specifying the image dimensions did the trick. Now that I 
have a saved image, I can isolate it from the printer requirements.

On 14-12-09 09:16 AM, Fabien Bodard wrote:
> yes
>
> in pseudo code :
>
> myimage = new image(with, height, backcolor)
>
> paint.begin(myimage)
>
> paint.whatyouwant
>
> paint.end
>
> myimage.save("myfile.ext")
>
>
> 2014-12-09 15:00 GMT+01:00 Paul Horechuk <phorechuk at ...626...>:
>> The actual purpose of the code is to get rid of the DrawingArea. I have a program that currently prints an area (not an image/Picture/DrawingArea). It uses Begin(MyPrinter), various Paint commands, and Image.Load to position text and graphics, directly to the printer. The routine does work.
>>
>> Then I decided to add a print preview process. Using Begin(MyImage) and the same commands as before, save the new image to disk, and then use the Image.Load in the printer section. So following a similar process as before, I encountered the Bad Image Format error.
>>
>> Is there a working way to build a Picture/Image so that it can be saved?
>>
>> Sent from my ASUS Pad
>>
>> Fabien Bodard <gambas.fr at ...626...> wrote:
>>
>>> Le 8 déc. 2014 22:35, "Paul Horechuk" <horechuk at ...981...> a écrit :
>>>> Kubuntu 14.04 LTS x86_64
>>>> Gambas 3.6.2
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>> Dim PageImage as Image
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Public Sub Preview()
>>>> PageImage = New Image As "PageImage"
>>>> Paint.Begin(PageImage)  ' Bad Format
>>>>     PageImage.Load("picture.jpg", 0, 0, 100, 100)
>>>> Paint.End
>>>> End
>>>>
>>> This code  is all bad... Sorry
>>> Pageimage= image.load("picture.jpg")
>>>
>>> In drawingarea_draw
>>>
>>> Public sub drawingarea1_draw()
>>> Paint.drawimage(paintimage,0,0)
>>>
>>> End
>>> I hope that is what you want to achieve.... In other case give us more code
>>> please
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Could someone please explain?
>>>>
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