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C# Winform PrintDialog Pages popup

in C# Winform, i'm sending an Image to the printer using the PrintDialog... using this code:
private void PrintSnippedImage()
{
PrintDocument pDoc = new PrintDocument();
pDoc.PrintPage += PrintPage;
PrintDialog pDialog = new PrintDialog();
pDialog.ShowHelp = true;
pDialog.AllowSelection = false;
pDialog.AllowSomePages = false;
pDialog.Document = pDoc;
if (pDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
pDoc.Print();
};
}
private void PrintPage(object o, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
System.Drawing.Image img = Glob.SnippedImage;
Point loc = new Point(10, 10);
e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, loc);
}
I get a popup that shows "Printing... Page 1 of document" with a Cancel button.
it appears in seemingly random locations on one of my monitors.
is there a way to inhibit this popup, or at least force it to appear on the monitor in the general location of the application that called it?
it looks like this:

It should be a case of swapping the PrintController implementation from PrintControllerWithStatusDialog (the default) to StandardPrintController. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.printing.printdocument.printcontroller?view=dotnet-plat-ext-6.0#system-drawing-printing-printdocument-printcontroller

How to clear a pictureBox in C#? I have tried setting the property to null but it doesnt work

I would like to clear a pictureBox after clicking on an 'Encode' button to save it as a new image file in my project. I would like to clear the fields on the form after the user saves the image file.
The code I use to display image on pictureBox:
private void btnOpenfile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// open file dialog
OpenFileDialog open = new OpenFileDialog();
// image filters
open.Filter = "Image Files (*.png)|*.png";
if (open.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
// display image in picture box
pictureBox1.Image = new Bitmap(open.FileName);
pictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.Zoom;
tbFilepath.Text = open.FileName;
//pictureBox1.ImageLocation = tbFilepath.Text;
}
}
The code I used to clear the pictureBox:
private void clearForm()
{
pictureBox1.Image = null; //doesn't work
pictureBox1.Invalidate(); //doesn't work
tbFilepath.Text = "";
tbMessage.Text = "";
}
I have also tried the following but it did not work either:
private void clearForm()
{
Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(img);
bm.Save(tbFilepath.Text,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
}
I tried using the Refresh() method as one of the commentors suggested, but it did not work either:
private void clearForm()
{
Refresh(); //first attempt
pictureBox1.Refresh();// second attempt
}
I expect the pictureBox field to clear out the existing image I have selected but the image did not clear away.
Before clicking on encode button
After clicking on encode button, the textBox fields are cleared but not the pictureBox field. I used the codes I have added in this question.

Try creating a new Bitmap Variable and use it for the picturebox:
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(pictureBox.Width, pictureBox.Height);
pictureBox.Image = bitmap;
pictrueBox.Invalidate();
Also, try to declare a Global Variable for the Bitmap so it is the one to be set as the picture and also the one to be cleared before setting it as the image for the PictureBox.
On the other hand you could try using the OnPaint Method of the Picurebox:
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bm = new Bitmap(pictureBox1.Width, pictureBox1.Height);
}
Bitmap bm = null;
private void pictureBox1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
{
pictureBox1.Image = bm;
}
private void btn_Open_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
ofd.Filter = "Image Files(*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.bmp); *.PNG|*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.bmp; *.PNG";
if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
bm = new Bitmap(Image.FromFile(ofd.FileName), new Size(pictureBox1.Width, pictureBox1.Height));
textBox1.Text = ofd.FileName;
pictureBox1.Invalidate();
}
}
private void btn_Clear_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
bm = null;
pictureBox1.Invalidate();
}
These code I made worked perfectly. So please try it.

C# - Use Windows 10 'Microsoft Print to PDF' for multiple images

I want to print multiple images to a pdf file, but not using the regular print-dialogue, but the 'print pictures' dialogue (see image below). As a printer, I want to use the 'Microsoft print to PDF'-Printer, which comes with windows 10.
My current code looks like this:
string fileName = #"C:\Users\mt\Pictures\test\test.jpg";
var p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.FileName = fileName;
p.StartInfo.Verb = "Print";
p.Start();
So far so good, the right dialogue is showing. I tried it first with other methods, which didn't give me this one. I can now print one image to a pdf page, but how do I add other images? Additionally, in this solution, I can't see how to set the printing-settings, like size of the image, which should be as large as possible without cutting the image and changing to horizontal format.
Earlier, I had this code:
try
{
PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(this.pd_PrintPage);
pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = STR_PRINTER_NAME;
pd.Print();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
private void pd_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(#"C:\Users\mt\Pictures\test\1.jpg");
Point loc = new Point(100, 100);
e.Graphics.DrawImage(img, loc);
img.Dispose();
}
which I changed for the 'Print Picture'-Dialog. In the end, the dialog itself doesn't matter, but the 'Print Picture'-Dialog got all settings I need. The only thing the user has to set, is the name for the pdf-file.

Solved the 'Multiple-Page' problem with the following code:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
imgs.Add(img1);
imgs.Add(img2);
imgs.Add(img3);
imgs.Add(img4);
try
{
PrintDocument pd = new PrintDocument();
pd.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(this.pd_PrintPage);
pd.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "Microsoft Print to PDF";
pd.Print();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
private void pd_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
Graphics graphic = e.Graphics;
Point p = new Point(10, 10);
Image img = Image.FromFile(imgs.ElementAt(page));
graphic.DrawImage(img, p);
page++;
e.HasMorePages = page < imgs.Count;
img.Dispose();
}
Still couldn't figure out how to set maximum size

Printing a textbot text

I'm trying to make a program that prints a textbox full text. When I'm generating it to a pdf to see the page before I print it some of the text is missing.
This is my code:
private void Print_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PrintDialog PD = new PrintDialog();
PrintDocument PDoc = new PrintDocument();
PD.Document = PDoc;
PDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(PDoc_PrintPage);
DialogResult result = PD.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
PDoc.Print();
}
}
void PDoc_PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs e)
{
Graphics graph = e.Graphics;
graph.DrawString(textBox1.Text,
new Font("Arial", 12), new SolidBrush(Color.Black), 10, 10);
}
This is the text (Just for a test):
hellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohello
hellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohello
hellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohellohello
this is the textbox screenshot:
This is what I get:
as you can see some of the text is missing. I'm not really familiar with printing so I have no Idea how to solve this problem.

It would appear your problem is that you want the text to wrap when printing. Have a look at this previous thread: Automatically Word-Wrapping Text To A Print Page?

C# save bitmap output

I'm creating a C# program that's capturing the screen with bitmap.
And than I want to save it to an .Avi/ .mpeg file.
But I don't know how to save it to a video.
Here is the code I already have.
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
static Bitmap bm;
private void btnFolder_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FolderBrowserDialog folderDlg = new FolderBrowserDialog();
folderDlg.ShowNewFolderButton = true;
DialogResult result = folderDlg.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
textBox1.Text = folderDlg.SelectedPath;
Environment.SpecialFolder root = folderDlg.RootFolder;
}
}
private void btnStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Start();
}
private void btnStop_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Stop();
SaveCapture(textBox1.Text);
}
private void SaveCapture(string path)
{
// Here should be the code to save it to mpeg/avi
}
private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Take screenshot
bm = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height);
Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(bm as Image);
graphics.CopyFromScreen(0, 0, 0, 0, bm.Size);
pictureBox1.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
// Show it in picturebox
pictureBox1.Image = bm;
}
Thank you very much!

Create a Video Stream (AVI) from a Series of Images
I think this might be your best solution. Store all the .jpg's and create an avi from the command line at intervals. I don't see how creating video on the fly would produce a "lightweight" solution.

Hello click this to download the aviwrapper liblary. And the code that you should write is this:
var pngFileList = Directory.EnumerateFiles(folderImages, "*.png");
//load the first image
Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap)Image.FromFile(pngFileList.First());
//create a new AVI file
AviManager aviManager = new AviManager(fileName, false); // location and the name of video file
//add a new video stream and one frame to the new file
//set IsCompressed = false
VideoStream aviStream = aviManager.AddVideoStream(false, 3, bitmap);
pngFileList.Skip(1).ToList().ForEach(file =>
{
bitmap = (Bitmap)Bitmap.FromFile(file);
aviStream.AddFrame(bitmap);
bitmap.Dispose();
});
aviManager.Close();