Is there a way to convert a Canvas based visual element to a Drawing based one?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:31:37 Z

I have a number of Canvas based images that I would like to use in my application. The problem is, the system that I am using requires Drawing based images. It appears that for clip-art like images, the two have the same capabilities. Is there a way, either in code or a tool, to convert Canvas XAML to Drawing XAML?

Thanks,
Erick

Is there a way to convert a Canvas based visual element to a Drawing based one?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:34:11 Z

Hi erick,

Would you please elaborate the problem? Currently, I did not understand what you want.

Best regards,
Bruce Zhou

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Is there a way to convert a Canvas based visual element to a Drawing based one?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:55:44 Z

Bruce,

Thanks for the response. Basically, I have XAML content that is expressed in terms of Canvases. A Canvas with contained Rectangles, Paths, sub-Canvases, etc. The Canvas works fine in an WPF window, but the 3rd party API that I am using requires that the content be contained within Drawings. What I was hoping is that there is a way to convert the Canvas based content to Drawing based content (i.e., DrawingGroup).

I fully understand that there isn't 100% overlap between the two, but the XAML that I am working with could be expressed in either.

Does that give you enough information?

Thanks,
Erick

Is there a way to convert a Canvas based visual element to a Drawing based one?

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:09:09 Z

Maybe you can adapt this: http://www.ericsink.com/wpf3d/7_XAML.html

So maybe you could take a screen capture and then you can process it.

Algorithms, Mathematics, and Programming http://www.algomaths.com/forum

Is there a way to convert a Canvas based visual element to a Drawing based one?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:34:41 Z

Thanks, I like the approach, and I believe that it should work.

Erick