Re: [Gambas-user] Picture/Image with correct aspect ratio (G2)

2012-03-19 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Never mind, Matti :-) At least I know now my brainwork wasn't a waste of time... Regards Rolf Am 17.03.2012 17:44, schrieb Matti: > Hi Rolf, > > sorry - what I remembered was how I worked with thumbnails. But they have a > fixed size, and so I could use a square PictureBox of the same size. > >

Re: [Gambas-user] Picture/Image with correct aspect ratio (G2)

2012-03-17 Thread Matti
Hi Rolf, sorry - what I remembered was how I worked with thumbnails. But they have a fixed size, and so I could use a square PictureBox of the same size. When I have larger images and/or don't know the dimensions, I use 'stretched' PictureBoxes and calculate their widht/height, just like you di

Re: [Gambas-user] Picture/Image with correct aspect ratio (G2)

2012-03-16 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi Matti, You are right, but only if the photo is as large as the PictureBox or smaller. If it's larger, the photo's center will be shown, but at its original size, i. e. you will see part of the photo only. After some fiddling, my father and I found a formular based on the size of the Picture

Re: [Gambas-user] Picture/Image with correct aspect ratio (G2)

2012-03-15 Thread Matti
Hi Rolf, Square PictureBox is correct. Stretched has to be set to false. Then just set Alignment to Center (in code: 3). That's all. Matti Am 15.03.2012 10:14, schrieb Rolf-Werner Eilert: > Hi folks, this is in Gambas2: > > On a form, I have a PictureBox which shall show photos in landscape and

[Gambas-user] Picture/Image with correct aspect ratio (G2)

2012-03-15 Thread Rolf-Werner Eilert
Hi folks, this is in Gambas2: On a form, I have a PictureBox which shall show photos in landscape and portrait. So I drew a square PictureBox. I expected that if the photo has not the same aspect ratio, it will be shown with bars of the background color, but when I say Stretched = True, the pi