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is there any option to save a picturebox to an textfile in vb.net

Madhu Mitha 2424 20 Mar 2015
Hi thr,,


i want to save my picturebox in a text file.. is there any option to do like tat..
.net vb.net
Updated 15 May 2026
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Anonymous User 21 Mar 2015
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Public Function SetImageComment(input As Image, comment As String) As Image Using memStream As
New IO.MemoryStream()
       
input.Save(memStream, Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)
       
memStream.Position = 0
        Dim decoder As New JpegBitmapDecoder(memStream, BitmapCreateOptions.PreservePixelFormat,
BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad)
        Dim metadata As BitmapMetadata
        If decoder.Metadata Is Nothing Then
            metadata =New BitmapMetadata("jpg")
        Else
            metadata =decoder.Metadata
        End If
       
metadata.Comment = comment
        Dim bitmapFrame = decoder.Frames(0)
        Dim encoder As BitmapEncoder = New JpegBitmapEncoder()
       
encoder.Frames.Add(bitmapFrame.Create(bitmapFrame,bitmapFrame.Thumbnail, metadata, bitmapFrame.ColorContexts))
        Dim imageStream As New IO.MemoryStream
       
encoder.Save(imageStream)
       
imageStream.Position = 0
       
input.Dispose()
        input =Nothing
        Return Image.FromStream(imageStream)
    End Using
End Function

Madhu Mitha
Madhu Mitha 21 Mar 2015
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hai jennifer,,

                    I developed a code to display my text in a picturebox using drawstring method.. i have saved that picturebox to an bmp file.. Now i have to convert that bmp file to an .txt file or byte() .. i dono how to convert it.. Can u help me in solving this problem..

thank u in advance..

 my code is..
Public Class Form1
    Dim brush As New Drawing.SolidBrush(Color.Black)
    Dim g2 As System.Drawing.Graphics
    Dim img As New Bitmap(400, 100)
 
    Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
      
               g2 = Graphics.FromImage(img)
        PictureBox1.Image = img
        g2.SmoothingMode = Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality
        g2.TextRenderingHint = Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.ClearTypeGridFit
        g2.CompositingQuality = Drawing2D.CompositingQuality.HighQuality
        '
        g2.DrawString(TextBox1.Text, TextBox1.Font, Brushes.Red, 0, 0)
          End Sub
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        SaveFileDialog1.FileName = ""
        If SaveFileDialog1.ShowDialog <> 1 Then Exit Sub
        Try
            Select Case SaveFileDialog1.FilterIndex
                Case 1
                    img.Save(SaveFileDialog1.FileName, ImageFormat.Bmp)
                Case 2
            End Select
        Catch
            MsgBox("Can not save the LED image!", 48, "LED Saving")
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class
Anonymous User
Anonymous User 21 Mar 2015
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Hi Madhu,

Could you please explain a bit more about your requirement. As per your current question we are unable to get your requirement.
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