Tag Archives: XAML

Use WPF 3d techniques to draw a snowman with WPF and C#

Posted on December 24, 2018 by RodStephens

This example shows how to use the tools and techniques described in my book WPF 3d, Three-Dimensional Graphics with WPF and C# to draw a three-dimensional snowman. I won’t go into all of the details because there are a whole … Continue reading →

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Pingback: Code Project post “Clipping Plane in WPF 3D”

Posted on December 20, 2018 by RodStephens

The Code Project post Clipping Plane in WPF 3D by charles922 references a couple of my WPF 3D posts. His post explains several WPF 3D concepts including; Manger sponges (refers to my post Use a dictionary to draw a 3D … Continue reading →

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Graph points in WPF and C#

Posted on August 23, 2018 by RodStephens

This example extends the previous example Draw a graph in WPF and C# to draw ellipses marking the data sets’ points. See that example for an explanation of how most of the program works. The following code shows how the … Continue reading →

Posted in algorithms, drawing, geometry, graphics, mathematics, wpf | Tagged algorithms, C#, C# programming, draw graph, draw graph in WPF, drawing, example, example program, geometry, GeometryGroup, graph, graph points, graphics, LineGeometry, mathematics, Polyline, Windows Forms programming, WPF, XAML | 2 Comments

Display a progress bar with text in WPF and C#

Posted on July 12, 2018 by RodStephens

As is so often the case in WPF, the solution is simple after you spend a few hours figuring out what controls to use. This example uses a normal Grid control that holds a StackPanel. The following code shows the … Continue reading →

Posted in controls, user interface, wpf, XAML | Tagged C#, C# programming, controls, example, example program, progress, progress bar, ProgressBar, show progress, status, user interface, Windows Forms programming, WPF, XAML | 1 Comment

Save WriteableBitmap images in multiple formats in WPF and C#

Posted on May 30, 2018 by RodStephens

The post Easily save a WriteableBitmap in WPF and C# describes an extension method that makes it easy to save a WriteableBitmap object into a PNG file, but what if you want to save the image in some other format … Continue reading →

Posted in extension methods, graphics, image processing, wpf, XAML | Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, extension methods, graphics, image file formats, image formats, image processing, png, png file, save bitmap, save WriteableBitmap, SaveBitmap, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML | 1 Comment

Easily save a WriteableBitmap in WPF and C#

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Rod Stephens

In my post Save bitmap files in WPF and C# I lamented (okay, whined about) the cumbersomeness of saving a WriteableBitmap into a file in WPF. Fortunately there’s a way you can make it easier. Simply add an extension method … Continue reading →

Posted in extension methods, graphics, image processing, wpf, XAML | Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, extension methods, graphics, image processing, png, png file, save bitmap, save WriteableBitmap, SaveBitmap, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML | 1 Comment

Easily manipulate pixels in WPF and C#

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Rod Stephens

After building the example Save bitmap files in WPF and C#, I couldn’t get it out of my head. Doing the math to set the correct bytes in a one-dimensional pixel array isn’t all that hard, but it is annoying … Continue reading →

Posted in graphics, image processing, wpf | Tagged Bitmap, BitmapPixelMaker, C#, C# programming, example, example program, graphics, image, image processing, pixels, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML | 1 Comment

Save bitmap files in WPF and C#

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to use WPF and C# to save bitmap files. The example Set the pixels in a WPF bitmap in C# shows how to create a WriteableBitmap in WPF. This example shows how to save the resulting … Continue reading →

Posted in files, graphics, image processing | Tagged Bitmap, C#, C# programming, example, example program, files, graphics, image, image processing, pixels, save bitmap, save bitmap files, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML | 3 Comments

Use a custom dash pattern with WPF and XAML in C#

Posted on March 13, 2018 by RodStephens

My post Render dashed lines in a WPF program using C# explains how a WPF program can use C# code to render lines with a custom dash pattern onto a bitmap. This post shows how to use a custom dash … Continue reading →

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Book Sample Pictures: WPF 3d

Posted on February 9, 2018 by RodStephens

This page shows thumbnail images for my book WPF 3D, Three-Dimensional Graphics with WPF and C#. Click on a picture to see a full-sized version. [ Overview – Table of Contents – Questions and Discussion – Errata – Sample Pictures … Continue reading →