How to insert a PICTURE into a forum post

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Hi ALL,

<edit> Please now read my 3rd post in this thread, the 4th one up, of my posts, from the bottom ( for now ), as the forum format has changed yet again.

Please ignore the rest of this post as it applied to the older forum format.

I will leave the rest of this post ( as is ) purely for historical reasons. I have been on these forums long enough to see two forum changes.   ;-)   :-)   </edit>
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Here is how I do it.

Anyone know an easier way?

To any moderator. Please make this a STICKY post.

Regards,

John

a22Pom said:

Hi Guys,

For John Anthony Oliver, How did you insert that screen capture?  I've tried before on questions without any luck and the old saying , "A picture paints .... etc" comes into force strongly.

Best Rgds,
22Pom

1)a) The PrintScreen button copies the entire screen to the clipboard.

1)b) ALT + PrintScreen keys on your keyboard copies the active window only.



2) Then open MSPAINT and PASTE the clipboard contents ( CTRL + V ).


3) SAVE the file and upload it to somewhere.

I use http://photobucket.com/

4) Once you have a picture uploaded I copy the 3rd link down.>>





5) When you EDIT a post click on the HYPERLINK MANAGER then the ANCHOR tab and PASTE the text in and then click on OK as shown below.




Final picture showing you where I post the TEXT starting <a href="

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If anyone knows an easier way then please let me know. :-)

Now I have shown how I do it I will copy this post into my two forum sticky posts or a link to a post from my two STICKY posts. :-)


Regards,

John

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For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>>
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Answer 1

You have images in your posts?! I've got photobucket blocked so I guess I'm not seeing them...

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Stephen J Whiteley

Answer 2

indeed he does.  imagine that, john writing long posts, with pictures.

Answer 3

I'm looking forward to videos.
I marked John's post as helpful.

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Rick

Answer 4

dbasnett said:

indeed he does.  imagine that, john writing long posts, with pictures.

Hi dbasnett,

I thought , ha-ha, very funny!!

I guess you do not like long posts then ( or you don't like my posts, LOL!! )??

SJWhiteley said:

You have images in your posts?! I've got photobucket blocked so I guess I'm not seeing them...

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Stephen J Whiteley

Hi Stephen,

Are you seeing lots of white space when you look at the 1st post in this thread then?

Stephen, any chance of you making this a STICKY thread please?


Regards,

John

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For links to VB.Net tutorials see here.>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/29f2179b-997b-4115-a96d-a0834853b835

Answer 5

John Anthony Oliver,

Thank you so much for that information now I can use pictures in my posts to clarify myself instead of stumbling upon my words.

Best Regards,

Adjutor

Answer 6

Thank you John and All for your long-time friendly help and support.
Make this thread as Sticky.

By the way, here is another approach to display an online image on your post:
Step 1. Right-click an image on web page -> Select "Properties" context menu item-> Copy the Address(URL)
Step 2. Insert such format code <img src="ImageURL"> to HTML view of your post like this:
Note: We'd better post those images that belong to you or come from your personal website because of copyright or hotlink-stealing as Omie reminded.
 

 

Best regards,
Martin Xie

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Answer 7

Thank you for this very useful post, John!
I have joined quite a number of forums and all of them use [IMG]URL[/IMG] to insert an image hehehe

Answer 8

Thank you for this very useful post, John!
I have joined quite a number of forums and all of them use [IMG]URL[/IMG] to insert an image hehehe

Hi wnd4459 and everyone else ,

Now the format of the forums has changed, yet again, I guess we will have to resort to HTML as per the reply by
MARTIN XIE MSFT as per the post (2 posts above this one ).

1) Except now copy the content of the DIRECT LINK box from PHOTOBUCKET   >>



2) Select the HTML button ( while you are creating / editing a post )
as per the PICTURE below and insert the link like this.>>

<img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a272/u-might-want-this/ForumScreenshotEdit.jpg">

in the HTML window so you get this.>>





Note to MARTIN XIE ( and everyone else)

<img src="ImageURL">

NOT

<img src="ImageURL"/>

It ends with just a greater than sign, the / that you mentiond is not required.

See this page for proof.>>


Inserting an IMAGE tutorial page from W3schools.


Regards,

John

Answer 9

Hi,

I thought this was a very useful thread??

To the moderators, so why is it no longer a STICKY?


Regards,

John

Answer 10

MODERATORS

I agree with John!  This needs to be a sticky thread!!

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Doug

Answer 11

MODERATORS

I agree with John!  This needs to be a sticky thread!!

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Doug

Hi Doug,

Even though I started this thread, I now say; Thank you very much for your support!! :-)    ;-D    :-]


Regards,

John

Answer 12

Glad to see your active help and support to MSDN community :)

The reason why this thread is no longer sticky, is that the sticky duration is expired.

Make this instructive thread sticky for three months again.

If any urgent forum issue, you can contact me [e-mail]
Thank you All!

Best regards,
Martin Xie

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Answer 13

@ John -  You're most welcome!   I wouldn't have known how to do it had I not seen this thread.  And, as is said, "A picture is worth a thousand words".  Many times it is very helpful to "SEE" a question that has been asked.

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Thank you Martin Xie for resetting this as a sticky!   Is there a way we can make sure it stays that way so that you or other moderators don't have to reset it every 3 months?

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Doug

Answer 14

Hi Doug,

Thanks for your enthusiastic support and concern :)

Actually the Sticky Duration can be endless. The reason why I stick it only three months, is to avoid too many sticky threads holding homepage layout. However consider it's very very helpful "A picture is worth a thousand words", Now I re-make this thread sticky for one year, till to 2010-06-30. Sorry for the change.

Have a nice day.
 

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Answer 15

Hi Martin Xie,

Thank you very much.

:-)    :-D    ;-]    :-}

I have marked your previous 2 posts AS HELPFUL as a way of saying thanks.  :-)

I will email you near or just after 30th June, 2010 if you should then want to make this a sticky thread again.


Regards,

John

Answer 16

Dear John,
You're welcome :-) 
You can contact me by then :-D
Thank you for your many instructive threads and enthusiastic help in MSDN community ;-]

Regards,
Martin
谢喜鸣

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Answer 17

By the way, here is another approach to display an online image on your post:
Step 1. Right-click an image on web page -> Select "Properties" context menu item-> Copy the Address(URL)
Step 2. Insert such format code <img src="ImageURL"> to HTML view of your post like this:


Best regards,
Martin Xie

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Umm... Thats called HotLinking Martin. and thats kinda immoral. That way you'll steal 'THAT' website's bandwidth. 'Stealing' because its without their consent and notice. You'll find some servers disabling hotlinking for the same reason.

Further, images posted on other sites may be copyrighted and proprety of their own. So I would say avoid it. Only post those images that belog to you or are royalty free. Use image sharing sites who allow their b/w to be used .

No Hard Feelings please.. thought I should point it out since thread is sticky and newbies might try doing ^that..

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Answer 18

Thank you Omie for your kind reminding! You're considerate.

I have edited my that post and add the Note: We'd better post those images that belong to you or come from your personal website because of copyright or hotlink-stealing as Omie reminded.

Answer 19

I have done it before but I just can't remember how to copy on the "Form" instead of the entire screen.

Say I am working on the Visual Basic IDE and I want to copy only the "Form1.Vb[Design]" image. How is it done?

Thanks.

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Answer 20

I have done it before but I just can't remember how to copy on the "Form" instead of the entire screen.

Say I am working on the Visual Basic IDE and I want to copy only the "Form1.Vb[Design]" image. How is it done?

Thanks.

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Only performance counts!

Hi,

Use ALT with the PrintScreen key to capture the active window.


Regards,

John

Answer 21

I did that and it captured both the Server Explorer, the tool/menu bar, properties window, Solution explorer, etc. I want to capture only the Form in design view. Is it possible?

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Answer 22

meh.. start debugging and Capture it.

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Answer 23

I did that and it captured both the Server Explorer, the tool/menu bar, properties window, Solution explorer, etc. I want to capture only the Form in design view. Is it possible?

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Only performance counts!

Hi Sylva,

As Omie said, RUN the program ( even with no active code ) and capture it that way. :-)

Still use ALT wth PrintScreen.


Regards,

John

Answer 24

OK. I have done so and it works. I was only wondering if it is possible to capture only the Form while at design view?

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Answer 25

OK. I have done so and it works. I was only wondering if it is possible to capture only the Form while at design view?

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Only performance counts!

Hi,

There isn't any method to capture an image of just the FORM without running the code that I know about, sorry.


Regards,

John

Answer 26

Snipping Tool helps there ^_^ but NOT if form is too large to fit in designer frame at once..

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Answer 27

Hi,

check my post: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/f044b9c7-07cc-4941-8f79-780d82170148

Have a nice day...

Best regards,
Fisnik

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Answer 28

Just as a tip, you can use the PrintKey program to create images.  It's free and much better than using the Print Screen feature.

http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

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Answer 29

VBRocks, no offense but that program is too old. Snipping Tools is a nice option these days :-)

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Answer 30

Thank you very much for the information now .

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Answer 31

I've been looking at how to put a picture in a forum post for a long time now....thanks for the information and how to do it.

I have since bookmarked this thread!