ASP.NET and GDI+

Well so far so good. now we have to do the actual GDI+ stuff. Jumping right in:

1. Create a new page (whatever you called in the previous page in the img tag)
2. If you use Visual Studio, delete everything except the <%@ Page ... %> directive in the img_gen.aspx page
3. It the Page_Load procedure add the following:
        
        Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
         '# Get the word to be displayed
         Dim m_sWord as String
         m_sWord = Request("w")
         
         '# Create and initialize the color variables (can be anything you like)
         '# I use two colors to create a gradient.
         Dim FontColor1 As System.Drawing.Color = Color.SlateGray
         Dim FontColor2 As System.Drawing.Color = Color.Blue
         '# Create and initialize the background colors same as the fonts
         '# If you create the function as I have, to get a solid color, just make color1 the same as color2
         Dim BackColor1 As System.Drawing.Color = Color.Transparent
         Dim BackColor2 As System.Drawing.Color = Color.Red
         
         '# Declare the font variables
         Dim FontSize As Integer = 24
         Dim FontName As String = "Arial" '# Can be any font installed on the machine

         '# Create the rectangle you want to draw to and init the coordinates
         '# For this tutorial, we're going to draw a 200x50 image
         Dim m_Rect As System.Drawing.Rectangle
         m_Rect.X = 0
         m_Rect.Y = 0
         m_Rect.Width = 200
         m_Rect.Height = 50

        '# Call the drawing function
        DrawTextToScreen(m_Point, m_sWord, FontName, FontSize, FontColor1, FontColor2,  _
        BackColor1, BackColor2)
     End Sub

Now here comes the interesting bit, the actual drawing...