PictureBox (pic)

PictureBox - Allows you to display a graphic or picture.

Setting the SizeMode to "StretchImage" before you open a graphic causes Visual Studio to resize the graphic to exact dimensions of the picture box.

Examples

Useful Code

Displaying an image from a file.

picPictureBox.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("C:\Temp\testing.jpg") 
picPictureBox.Image = ProjectName.Properties.Resources.FileName 
picPictureBox.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage 
picPictureBox.Load("C:\Temp\testing.jpg")

Properties

BorderStyle	Indicates the border style for the control.
ErrorImage	Gets or sets the image to display when an error occurs during the image-loading process or if the image load is canceled.
Image	Gets or sets the image that is displayed by PictureBox.
ImageLocation	Gets or sets the path or URL for the image to display in the PictureBox.
InitialImage	Gets or sets the image displayed in the PictureBox control when the main image is loading.
SizeMode	Indicates how the image is displayed.
Text	Overridden. Gets or sets the text of the PictureBox.
WaitOnLoad	Gets or sets a value indicating whether an image is loaded synchronously.

Methods

CancelAsync	Cancels an asynchronous image load.
Dispose	Overloaded. Releases all resources used by the PictureBox.
Load	Overloaded. Displays an image in the PictureBox.
LoadAsync	Overloaded. Loads the image asynchronously.
ToString	Overridden. Returns a string that represents the current PictureBox control.

Events

Leave	Occurs when input focus leaves the PictureBox.
LoadCompleted	Occurs when the asynchronous image-load operation is completed, been canceled, or raised an exception.
LoadProgressChanged	Occurs when the progress of an asynchronous image-loading operation has changed.
SizeModeChanged	Occurs when SizeMode changes.