ImageViewer Class

Represents a scrollable control that displays a WPF/Silverlight System.Windows.Media.ImageSource with interactive UI operations.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
WinRT C#
WinRT JavaScript
C++

public class ImageViewer : System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.Windows.IFrameworkInputElement, System.Windows.IInputElement, System.Windows.Markup.IAddChild, System.Windows.Markup.IQueryAmbient, System.Windows.Media.Animation.IAnimatable

'Declaration
 
Public Class ImageViewer 
   Inherits System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl
   Implements System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.Windows.IFrameworkInputElement, System.Windows.IInputElement, System.Windows.Markup.IAddChild, System.Windows.Markup.IQueryAmbient, System.Windows.Media.Animation.IAnimatable

'Usage
 
Dim instance As ImageViewer

public sealed class ImageViewer : System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.Windows.IFrameworkInputElement, System.Windows.IInputElement, System.Windows.Markup.IAddChild, System.Windows.Markup.IQueryAmbient, System.Windows.Media.Animation.IAnimatable

function Leadtools.Windows.Controls.ImageViewer()

public ref class ImageViewer : public System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize, System.Windows.IFrameworkInputElement, System.Windows.IInputElement, System.Windows.Markup.IAddChild, System.Windows.Markup.IQueryAmbient, System.Windows.Media.Animation.IAnimatable

Remarks

The ImageViewer class enables you to display a WPF/Silverlight System.Windows.Media.ImageSource or one of its derived classes. To display a LEADTOOLS Leadtools.RasterImage, use the RasterImageViewer control.

This control is suitable when you want to display an image with scrolling and interactive UI operations such as panning, zooming and magnify glass in your WPF/Silverlight application. For a control to display a static image, i.e. an image that does not require scrolling or any other interactive operations, use the ImageBox or RasterImageBox controls.

Until the image content is loaded, the System.Windows.FrameworkElement.ActualWidth and System.Windows.FrameworkElement.ActualHeight of the control will report as zero, because the image content is used to determine the final size and location of the control.

For a fixed size control, the System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Width and/or System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Height properties can be set. However, to preserve the media's aspect ratio, set the System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Width or System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Height properties but not both.

The ImageViewer controls supports the following functionality:

Viewing a WPF/Silverlight image using the Source property
Automatic horizontal and vertical scrollbars
Determining how the control displays the image and automatic adjustment for viewing when the control size changes using the SizeMode property
Changing the zoom value used to display the image using the ScaleFactor property
Manual adjustment of extra horizontal and vertical stretching values using the AspectRatioCorrection property
Support for viewing an image using its actual resolution through the UseDpi property
Image viewing transformation using the Flip, Reverse and RotateAngle properties
Using animation to control how the image is displayed with the Transition property
Converting a point or a rectangle between image (logical) and control (display or physical) properties using the PointToImageCoordinates, BoundsToImageCoordinates, PointFromImageCoordinates and BoundsFromImageCoordinates methods.
Interactive modes that can be activated with the mouse such as pan, center at, zoom to, scale and magnify glass through the InteractiveMode property
Applying standard WPF and Silverlight pixel shader effects on the image through the ImageEffect property

Example

Visual Basic
C#
WinRT C#
WinRT JavaScript
Silverlight C#
Silverlight VB

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Private Class MyWindow1 : Inherits Window
         Private theViewer As ImageViewer
         Public Sub New()
             ' Create the  viewer
             theViewer = New ImageViewer()
             ' Create Dock Panel

             Dim panel As DockPanel = New DockPanel()
             Content = panel

             DockPanel.SetDock(theViewer, Dock.Bottom)

             theViewer.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
             theViewer.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom
             theViewer.ImageHorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left
             theViewer.ImageVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top
             theViewer.UseDpi = True
             theViewer.ScreenDpiX = 96
             theViewer.ScreenDpiY = 96

             panel.Children.Add(theViewer)

             ' load an image into the viewer
             theViewer.Source = New BitmapImage(New Uri(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "cannon.jpg")))

             Title = String.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode)

             AddHandler theViewer.MouseDoubleClick, AddressOf theViewer_MouseDoubleClick
         End Sub

         Private Sub theViewer_MouseDoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseButtonEventArgs)
             Select Case theViewer.SizeMode
                 Case SizeMode.Normal
                     theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Stretch

                 Case SizeMode.Stretch
                     theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Fit

                 Case SizeMode.Fit
                     theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitAlways

                 Case SizeMode.FitAlways
                     theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitWidth

                 Case SizeMode.FitWidth
                     theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Normal
             End Select

             Title = String.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode)

         End Sub
     End Class

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
   Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

class MyWindow1 : Window
   {
      ImageViewer theViewer;
      public MyWindow1()
      {
         // Create the  viewer
         theViewer = new ImageViewer();
         // Create Dock Panel

         DockPanel panel = new DockPanel();
         Content = panel;

         DockPanel.SetDock(theViewer, Dock.Bottom);

         theViewer.HorizontalAlignment= HorizontalAlignment.Center;
         theViewer.VerticalAlignment= VerticalAlignment.Bottom;
         theViewer.ImageHorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
         theViewer.ImageVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
         theViewer.UseDpi = true;
         theViewer.ScreenDpiX = 96;
         theViewer.ScreenDpiY = 96;

         panel.Children.Add(theViewer);

         // load an image into the viewer
         theViewer.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "cannon.jpg")));

         Title = string.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode);

         theViewer.MouseDoubleClick += new MouseButtonEventHandler(theViewer_MouseDoubleClick);
      }

      void theViewer_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
      {
         switch(theViewer.SizeMode)
         {
            case SizeMode.Normal:
               theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Stretch;
               break;

            case SizeMode.Stretch:
               theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Fit;
               break;

            case SizeMode.Fit:
               theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitAlways;
               break;

            case SizeMode.FitAlways:
               theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitWidth;
               break;

            case SizeMode.FitWidth:
               theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Normal;
               break;
         }

         Title = string.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode);

      }
   }

static class LEAD_VARS
{
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

class MyWindow1 : ChildWindow
{
   ImageViewer theViewer;
   public MyWindow1()
   {
      // Create the  viewer
      theViewer = new ImageViewer();
      // Create Dock Panel

      StackPanel panel = new StackPanel();
      Content = panel;

      theViewer.HorizontalAlignment= HorizontalAlignment.Center;
      theViewer.VerticalAlignment= VerticalAlignment.Bottom;
      theViewer.ImageHorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left;
      theViewer.ImageVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
      theViewer.UseDpi = true;
      theViewer.ScreenDpiX = 96;
      theViewer.ScreenDpiY = 96;

      panel.Children.Add(theViewer);

      // load an image into the viewer
      theViewer.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(LeadtoolsExamples.Common.ImagesPath.Path + "cannon.jpg"));

      Title = string.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode);

      theViewer.MouseLeftButtonDown += new MouseButtonEventHandler(theViewer_MouseLeftButtonDown);
   }

   void theViewer_MouseLeftButtonDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
   {
      switch (theViewer.SizeMode)
      {
         case SizeMode.Normal:
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Stretch;
            break;

         case SizeMode.Stretch:
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Fit;
            break;

         case SizeMode.Fit:
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitAlways;
            break;

         case SizeMode.FitAlways:
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitWidth;
            break;

         case SizeMode.FitWidth:
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Normal;
            break;
      }

      Title = string.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode);
   }
}

Private Class MyWindow1 : Inherits ChildWindow
   Private theViewer As ImageViewer
   Public Sub New()
      ' Create the  viewer
      theViewer = New ImageViewer()
      ' Create Dock Panel

      Dim panel As StackPanel = New StackPanel()
      Content = panel

      theViewer.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
      theViewer.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Bottom
      theViewer.ImageHorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left
      theViewer.ImageVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top
      theViewer.UseDpi = True
      theViewer.ScreenDpiX = 96
      theViewer.ScreenDpiY = 96

      panel.Children.Add(theViewer)

      ' load an image into the viewer
      theViewer.Source = New BitmapImage(New Uri(LeadtoolsExamples.Common.ImagesPath.Path & "cannon.jpg"))

      Title = String.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode)

      AddHandler theViewer.MouseLeftButtonDown, AddressOf theViewer_MouseLeftButtonDown
   End Sub

   Private Sub theViewer_MouseLeftButtonDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MouseButtonEventArgs)
      Select Case theViewer.SizeMode
         Case SizeMode.Normal
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Stretch

         Case SizeMode.Stretch
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Fit

         Case SizeMode.Fit
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitAlways

         Case SizeMode.FitAlways
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.FitWidth

         Case SizeMode.FitWidth
            theViewer.SizeMode = SizeMode.Normal
      End Select

      Title = String.Format("Size mode = {0}, double click to change", theViewer.SizeMode)
   End Sub
End Class

<Window x:Class="WPFSamples.ImageViewer"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:Leadtools_Windows_Controls="clr-namespace:Leadtools.Windows.Controls;assembly=Leadtools.Windows.Controls"
    Height="600" Width="800">
  <DockPanel>
    <Leadtools_Windows_Controls:ImageViewer
                Name="theViewer"
                Source="file:///c:\users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\cannon.jpg"
                DockPanel.Dock= "Bottom"
                HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
                UseDpi="false"
                MouseDoubleClick="theViewer_MouseDoubleClick"/>
  </DockPanel>
  <Window.Title>
    "Size mode =Normal, double click to change"
  </Window.Title>
</Window>

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

ImageViewer Members
Leadtools.Windows.Controls Namespace
RasterImage and WPF/Silverlight