A common issue with developing web sites for customers is sometimes the unfortunate inability to install server side components for performing specific tasks. A common question asked by beginners to ASP is how to draw graphics and send them to the browser. Normally, this task requires either client-side Java or server side COM objects to get the job done, and it has generally been accepted that this will always be the case in pre-.NET environments. The following class can change your attitude towards creating images This class provides a simple canvas with which you draw things on, it is written in ASP and is initialised simply by:
<!--#include file="canvas.asp"-->
<%
Set objCanvas = New Canvas ' Create the object
objCanvas.GlobalColourTable(0) = RGB(255,255,255) ' First colour index to white
objCanvas.GlobalColourTable(1) = RGB(0,0,0) ' Second colour index to black
objCanvas.Resize 160,120,false ' Resize the canvas to 160x120, don't preserve the existing image
objCanvas.ForegroundColourIndex = 1 ' Set the drawing pen colour index to 1 (black)
objCanvas.Ellipse 100,100,30,20 ' Draw an ellipse in black, with two radii, 30 and 20 pixels
objCanvas.Circle 50,50,10 ' Draw a circle in black, radii of 10 pixels
objCanvas.Write ' Send the image to the browser
%>
Further instructions on using the class are included with the source files. This class supports the following drawing methods: Copy X1,Y1,X2,Y2,X3,Y3 - Copy a region from X1,Y1,X2,Y2 to X3,Y3
Flood X,Y - Floodfill a region with the drawing pen colour, starting at X,Y
Line X1,Y1,X2,Y2 - Draw a line with the pen colour, from X1,Y1 to X2,Y2
Circle X,Y,Radius - Draw a circle at X,Y with a radius in pixels
Ellipse X,Y,Radius1,Radius2 - Draw an ellipse at X,Y with the two radii of Radius1 and Radius2
DrawTextWE X,Y,Text - Draw text from west to east at X,Y. Text is a string
DrawTextNS X,Y,Text - Draw text from north to south at X,Y. Text is a string
Clear - Clear the canvas to the current background colour index
Resize Width,Height,Preserve - Resize the canvas to Width and Height, set preserve to keep the current canvas image
Write - Send the image to the browser And also the following properties: Pixel(X,Y) - Sets or retrieves the current pixel colour index value
GlobalColourTable(Index) - Sets or retrieves the current global colour table RGB value
ForegroundColourIndex - Sets or retrieves the current drawing pen colour index
BackgroundColourIndex - Sets or retrieves the current background colour index
Version - Retrieves the current version of the class The fonts definitions are included in font.asp, and can be redefined by editing this file. Instructions are also included in the accompanying documentation.
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