User187056398 posted
The bitmap is generated dynamically.
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/// ---- TextToBitmap ----------------------------
///
/// using System.Drawing;
/// using System.Drawing.Imaging;
/// Author: Steve Wellens
///
/// <summary>
/// Takes a Text string and returns a bitmap of the string
/// </summary>
public static Bitmap TextToBitmap(String TheText)
{
Font DrawFont = null;
SolidBrush DrawBrush = null;
Graphics DrawGraphics = null;
Bitmap TextBitmap = null;
try
{
// start with empty bitmap, get it's graphic's object
// and choose a font
TextBitmap = new Bitmap(1, 1);
DrawGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(TextBitmap);
DrawFont = new Font("Arial", 16);
// see how big the text will be
int Width = (int)DrawGraphics.MeasureString(TheText, DrawFont).Width;
int Height = (int)DrawGraphics.MeasureString(TheText, DrawFont).Height;
// recreate the bitmap and graphic object with the new size
TextBitmap = new Bitmap(TextBitmap, Width, Height);
DrawGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(TextBitmap);
// get the drawing brush and where we're going to draw
DrawBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
PointF DrawPoint = new PointF(0, 0);
// clear the graphic white and draw the string
DrawGraphics.Clear(Color.White);
DrawGraphics.DrawString(TheText, DrawFont, DrawBrush, DrawPoint);
return TextBitmap;
}
finally
{
// don't dispose the bitmap, the caller needs it.
DrawFont.Dispose();
DrawBrush.Dispose();
DrawGraphics.Dispose();
}
}
