Hello~
I have a relatively simple (Windows Forms) chat application that I use to monitor incoming messages and I have been wanting to insert images preceding the lines based on what kind of message it is. However, I did not want to use the copy/paste method. So I did some searching online and came across the code below which seems to work except that overtime I end up getting an Invalid Parameter Exception. I searched around and found that my gdi objects building up until the application crashes. The function has calls to dispose of the objects. The images I am using are stored in an imagelist which is also used by listview. Other than that, there are no other code related to images or GDI in the project. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
private string GetRtfImage(Image _image)
{
// Used to store the enhanced metafile
MemoryStream _stream = null;
// Used to create the metafile and draw the image
Graphics _graphics = null;
// The enhanced metafile
Metafile _metaFile = null;
// Handle to the device context used to create the metafile
IntPtr _hdc;
try
{
StringBuilder _rtf = new StringBuilder();
_stream = new MemoryStream();
// Get a graphics context from the RichTextBox
using (_graphics = this.CreateGraphics())
{
// Get the device context from the graphics context
_hdc = _graphics.GetHdc();
// Create a new Enhanced Metafile from the device context
_metaFile = new Metafile(_stream, _hdc);
// Release the device context
_graphics.ReleaseHdc(_hdc);
}
// Get a graphics context from the Enhanced Metafile
using (_graphics = Graphics.FromImage(_metaFile))
{
// Draw the image on the Enhanced Metafile
_graphics.DrawImage(_image, new Rectangle(0, 0, _image.Width,
_image.Height));
}
// Get the handle of the Enhanced Metafile
IntPtr _hEmf = _metaFile.GetHenhmetafile();
// A call to EmfToWmfBits with a null buffer return the size of the
// buffer need to store the WMF bits. Use this to get the buffer
// size.
uint _bufferSize = GdipEmfToWmfBits(_hEmf, 0, null, MM_ANISOTROPIC,
EmfToWmfBitsFlags.EmfToWmfBitsFlagsDefault);
// Create an array to hold the bits
byte[] _buffer = new byte[_bufferSize];
// A call to EmfToWmfBits with a valid buffer copies the bits into the
// buffer an returns the number of bits in the WMF.
uint _convertedSize = GdipEmfToWmfBits(_hEmf, _bufferSize, _buffer,
MM_ANISOTROPIC, EmfToWmfBitsFlags.EmfToWmfBitsFlagsDefault);
// Append the bits to the RTF string
for (int i = 0; i < _buffer.Length; ++i)
{
_rtf.Append(String.Format("{0:X2}", _buffer));
}
return _rtf.ToString();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message, "GetRTFImage");
return "";
}
finally
{
if (_graphics != null)
_graphics.Dispose();
if (_metaFile != null)
_metaFile.Dispose();
if (_stream != null)
_stream.Close();
}
}
this.SelectedRtf = @"{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033" +
@"{\pict\wmetafile8\picw" + picw +
@"\pich" + pich +
@"\picwgoal" + picwgoal +
@"\pichgoal" + pichgoal + " " +
GetRtfImage(img) + @"}";
^ This is how the image is insert in my append
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