| Renders Images Files & GDI+ Bitmap Objects |
| ImageDraw can render images files as well as GDI+ Bitmap Objects. You can specify a physical image file or a GDI+ Bitmap Object and ImageDraw automatically will render it to the specified image format. |
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| Cross-Browser Compatible |
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ImageDraw WebControl renders in all the most popular browsers, including Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, and Firefox. | |
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| Size Effects & Image Effects |
ImageDraw WebControl supports some built-in effects such as:
- Stretch (Size Effect): When you resize the image on your WebForm at design-time, the image is stretched to the new dimensions.
- Scale (Size Effect): When you resize the image on your WebForm at design-time, the image is scaled to the new dimensions.
- Grayscale (Image Effect): Convert the image to gray scale.
- Negative (Image Effect): Convert the image to negative.
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| Supported Image Formats |
| ImageDraw can render all raster images (also called bitmaps) supported by .NET Framework through the GDI+ Bitmap Object. These image formats include: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JPG, EXIF, PNG, TIFF, and ICO |
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| Images Conversion Table |
In the following table you can see which image formats ImageDraw accepts as input and which image formats it can render.
* The input can be a physical image file as well as an in-memory GDI+ Bitmap object. |
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| Control on image conversion |
When the output image format for a client browser is
- JPEG/JPG, you can control the image conversion.JPEG/JPG: You can specify the JPEG Compression Level to apply. This compression level determinates the image quality to render.
All these conversions are reflected at design-time in the IDE such as Visual Studio .NET, ASP.NET WebMatrix, or Borland C#Builder. |
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| Secure by default |
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ImageDraw WebControl DOES NOT require that the ASP.NET account ({machinename}\ASPNET) have write permissions to the file system. Most implementations of dynamic images generation need you to grant the ASP.NET account write permissions to some server folder, becoming a serious security risk | |
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| Real Plug & Play - No complex configurations |
| ImageDraw WebControl DOES NOT require any special or complex configuration to use it in your Web Applications, just drag & drop ImageDraw on your WebForm. |
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| Rendering Mechanism |
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With ImageDraw you DO NOT need to do any special or complex configuration due to its own rendering mechanism. You DO NOT need to create any HTTP Handler, or Image Factory ASPX Page type, or your WebForm to inherit from any special Class. In addition, ImageDraw DOES NOT need you to enable the Session State or the Application State. | |
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| Design-Time Support with powerful Utilities |
| ImageDraw WebControl has a powerful Designer and Utilities. At design-time the ImageDraw WebControl Designer shows you the original image converted to the specified image format, within the specified size effect and image effect (if any). The Neodynamic GDI+ Preview utility allows you to preview a GDI+ Bitmap object at design-time. |
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| Supported Development Tools |
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ImageDraw WebControl was successfully tested in the most popular Development Tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (2002 and 2003 Versions), Microsoft ASP.NET WebMatrix, and Borland C#Builder. | |
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| Microsoft Intellisense® Support |
| ImageDraw WebControl supports Microsoft Intellisense® technology available in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. ImageDraw supports Intellisense® for View HTML Source as well as for View Code. |
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| Supported .NET Frameworks |
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ImageDraw was designed to work with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 or Greater. It is recommendable to have the latest .NET Framework Service Pack installed. | |
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| ASP.NET Sample Application Included |
| ImageDraw WebControl includes a simple sample application (with source code) based on the Online Demo. This lightweight, straightforward application demonstrates the full capabilities of ImageDraw. This sample shows how to use ImageDraw to render image files, how to add on-fly own captions onto images as well as how to generate a dynamic rating chart with GDI+. The sample is available in both Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET languages, and for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, ASP.NET WebMatrix, and Borland C#Builder. |
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| Architecture |
ImageDraw was designed following the Microsoft’s Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers and the results are:
- Fully Managed C# code
- Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant assemblies
- MSDN-Style Object Reference
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| Simple Versioning System |
| ImageDraw uses an assembly versioning policy that makes it painless to upgrade your application, without the need for publisher policy files, binding redirects, or recompilation. This policy also makes it easy to differentiate between assemblies targeted towards different versions of the .NET Framework. |
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| No Royalty or Runtime Fees |
| When you purchase a Licensed Version of Neodynamic ImageDraw WebControl, you can freely distribute any application using our component without worry due to the fact that it is royalty free. So, after you purchase a Licensed Version no additional fees are required and you can use the component indefinitely. |
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