Visual C# Paint Application

CherRon McLemore

16y6.1k

Hello. I am working on a GUI with multiple windows forms. On the click of a menu button a second form with a single picturebox appears. I want to click on a menu button on this form that will make a third form pop-up with paint like tools (color selection, brush width) to draw on the picturebox. So far, the picturebox will upload the picture and the form with the paint like tools will appear. Can someone help with the code to draw on the picturebox?

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CherRon McLemore16y ago
Thanks for your reply. I have tweaked to code to where I am able to draw on the picturebox.
Mahesh Chand16y ago
Is there an option to use WPF instead of Windows Forms? It is difficult to implement this functionality in Windows Forms than WPF. Anyway, what I would do is, create a container (canvas) that is transparent so in the background you will see the PictureBox. When you draw on this canvas, it will look like you are drawing on the Picture Box.
Do you also need to display it back? In that case, you may have to merge the image and the drawings. Look into Graphics Path and its properties and methods. You can merge images and drawing objects and create one bitmap from it.
Hope it gives you a direction and pointers.