Image List Example

/*
User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls
by Matthew MacDonald

Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1590590457
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.IO;

namespace ImageListExample
{
///

/// Summary description for ImageListExample.
///

public class ImageListExample : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
internal System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdDrawImageList;
internal System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdFillImageList;
///

/// Required designer variable.
///

private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

public ImageListExample()
{
//
// Required for Windows Form Designer support
//
InitializeComponent();

//
// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
//
}

///

/// Clean up any resources being used.
///

protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}

#region Windows Form Designer generated code
///

/// Required method for Designer support – do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///

private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.cmdDrawImageList = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.cmdFillImageList = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// cmdDrawImageList
//
this.cmdDrawImageList.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.System;
this.cmdDrawImageList.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(164, 172);
this.cmdDrawImageList.Name = “cmdDrawImageList”;
this.cmdDrawImageList.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 24);
this.cmdDrawImageList.TabIndex = 3;
this.cmdDrawImageList.Text = “Draw Images”;
this.cmdDrawImageList.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdDrawImageList_Click);
//
// cmdFillImageList
//
this.cmdFillImageList.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.System;
this.cmdFillImageList.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 172);
this.cmdFillImageList.Name = “cmdFillImageList”;
this.cmdFillImageList.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 24);
this.cmdFillImageList.TabIndex = 2;
this.cmdFillImageList.Text = “Fill ImageList”;
this.cmdFillImageList.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdFillImageList_Click);
//
// ImageListExample
//
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 214);
this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
this.cmdDrawImageList,
this.cmdFillImageList});
this.Name = “ImageListExample”;
this.Text = “ImageList Example”;
this.ResumeLayout(false);

}
#endregion

///

/// The main entry point for the application.
///

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new ImageListExample());
}

ImageList iconImages = new System.Windows.Forms.ImageList();

private void cmdFillImageList_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Configure the ImageList.
iconImages.ColorDepth = System.Windows.Forms.ColorDepth.Depth8Bit;
iconImages.ImageSize = new System.Drawing.Size(16, 16);

// Get all the icon files in the current directory.
string[] iconFiles = Directory.GetFiles(Application.StartupPath, “*.ico”);

// Create an Image object for each file and add it to the ImageList.
// You can also use an Image subclass (like Icon).
foreach (string iconFile in iconFiles)
{
Icon newIcon = new Icon(iconFile);
iconImages.Images.Add(newIcon);
}
}

private void cmdDrawImageList_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Get the graphics device context for the form.
Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics();

// Draw each image using the ImageList.Draw() method.
for (int i = 0; i < iconImages.Images.Count; i++) { iconImages.Draw(g, 30 + i * 30, 30, i); } // Release the graphics device context. g.Dispose(); } } } ImageListExample.zip( 24 k)[/csharp]