Graphics.GetHalftonePalette Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Gets a handle to the current Windows halftone palette.

public:
 static IntPtr GetHalftonePalette();

public static IntPtr GetHalftonePalette ();

static member GetHalftonePalette : unit -> nativeint

Public Shared Function GetHalftonePalette () As IntPtr

Returns

IntPtr

nativeint

Internal pointer that specifies the handle to the palette.

Examples

The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:

• Defines interoperability DllImportAttribute attributes for the Windows DLL file gdi32.dll, which contains the necessary GDI functions.

• Defines the SelectPalette and RealizePalette functions in that DLL as external.

• Creates an image from an existing image file SampImag.jpg (which must be in the same folder as the example code file) and draws the image to the screen.

• Creates internal pointer type variables and sets their values to the handle to the graphics object and to the current Windows halftone palette, respectively.

• Selects and realizes the halftone palette.

• Creates a new graphics object using the hdc parameter.

• Draws the image again.

• Releases the handle to the device context.

The result is two renderings of the sample image: one with the 16-bit palette and one with the 8-bit palette.

private:
   [System::Runtime::InteropServices::DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")]
   static IntPtr SelectPalette( IntPtr hdc, IntPtr htPalette, bool bForceBackground );

   [System::Runtime::InteropServices::DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")]
   static int RealizePalette( IntPtr hdc );

public:
   void GetHalftonePaletteVoid( PaintEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Create and draw image.
      Image^ imageFile = Image::FromFile( "SampImag.jpg" );
      e->Graphics->DrawImage( imageFile, Point(0,0) );

      // Get handle to device context.
      IntPtr hdc = e->Graphics->GetHdc();

      // Get handle to halftone palette.
      IntPtr htPalette = Graphics::GetHalftonePalette();

      // Select and realize new palette.
      SelectPalette( hdc, htPalette, true );
      RealizePalette( hdc );

      // Create new graphics object.
      Graphics^ newGraphics = Graphics::FromHdc( hdc );

      // Draw image with new palette.
      newGraphics->DrawImage( imageFile, 300, 0 );

      // Release handle to device context.
      e->Graphics->ReleaseHdc( hdc );
   }

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr SelectPalette(
    IntPtr hdc,
    IntPtr htPalette,
    bool bForceBackground);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")]
private static extern int RealizePalette(IntPtr hdc);

private void GetHalftonePaletteVoid(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    // Create and draw image.
    Image imageFile = Image.FromFile("SampImag.jpg");
    e.Graphics.DrawImage(imageFile, new Point(0, 0));

    // Get handle to device context.
    IntPtr hdc = e.Graphics.GetHdc();

    // Get handle to halftone palette.
    IntPtr htPalette = Graphics.GetHalftonePalette();

    // Select and realize new palette.
    SelectPalette(hdc, htPalette, true);
    RealizePalette(hdc);

    // Create new graphics object.
    Graphics newGraphics = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc);

    // Draw image with new palette.
    newGraphics.DrawImage(imageFile, 300, 0);

    // Release handle to device context.
    e.Graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc);
}

<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")> _
Private Shared Function SelectPalette(ByVal hdc As IntPtr, _
ByVal htPalette As IntPtr, ByVal bForceBackground As Boolean) As IntPtr
End Function

<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("gdi32.dll")> _
Private Shared Function RealizePalette(ByVal hdc As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function

<System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission( _
System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Flags:= _
System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag.UnmanagedCode)> _
Private Sub GetHalftonePaletteVoid(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)

    ' Create and draw image.
    Dim imageFile As Image = Image.FromFile("SampImag.jpg")
    e.Graphics.DrawImage(imageFile, New Point(0, 0))

    ' Get handle to device context.
    Dim hdc As IntPtr = e.Graphics.GetHdc()

    ' Get handle to halftone palette.
    Dim htPalette As IntPtr = Graphics.GetHalftonePalette()

    ' Select and realize new palette.
    SelectPalette(hdc, htPalette, True)
    RealizePalette(hdc)

    ' Create new graphics object.
    Dim newGraphics As Graphics = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc)

    ' Draw image with new palette.
    newGraphics.DrawImage(imageFile, 300, 0)

    ' Release handle to device context.
    e.Graphics.ReleaseHdc(hdc)
End Sub

Remarks

The purpose of the GetHalftonePalette method is to enable GDI+ to produce a better quality halftone when the display uses 8 bits per pixel. To display an image using the halftone palette, use the following procedure.