Load Transparent Image into Leadtool Rasterviewer

                        Hello... I am doing project in c# with leadtool16... I have loaded one transparent ".png" image into rasterViewer, but its look different from the original image...How can i solve this problem? pls help me quick..

By default, our paint functions do not take the alpha channel into consideration. This is different from some programs, such as the Microsoft viewer, but similar to some other programs such Microsoft Paint.

If you want to change the behavior, you can do it in more than one way:
1. You could use the GDI+ paint engine. To do that, use RasterPaintProperties.PaintEngine = RasterPaintEngine.GdiPlus (Preferences => Print using GDI+ menu);

I tested using this code and it worked:
RasterCodecs.Startup();
RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
RasterImage rasterImage = codecs.Load(@"With Alpha No Transparent.png", 32, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1);

RasterPaintProperties paintProperties = RasterPaintProperties.Default;
paintProperties.PaintEngine = RasterPaintEngine.GdiPlus;
paintProperties.RasterOperation = RasterPaintProperties.SourceCopy;
Graphics graphics = pictureBox1.CreateGraphics();
int width = rasterImage.Width;
int height = rasterImage.Height;
Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height);
rasterImage.Paint(graphics, rectangle, paintProperties);

2. If you want to paint a background image in the transparent parts of the image, you can combine the main image with the background image with the alpha channel as a mixing mask using the FeatherAlphaBlendCommand Class.

Hello..  what is picturebox1..is it simply picturebox? need any loading image to this?

  pls give one sample ..........

yes, it's the Windows Control PictureBox. It's used to create the GDI+ Graphics.

What is the sample you exactly need? Can you please give me details?

   Hello.. i have merged the same code with my project, but its not working..  I created a sample application , which is attached here..you please correct it....

I have updated the project to display an alpha image in a simpler way. I'm attaching the project.

  Thanx...Its working good... but in this case it load only transparent images, it can not load normal images..actually i wana to load both transparent and normal images with same function... pls help me soon...

      Hello.. I have solved the loading image problem , but i am using InteractiveRegion in my project (Rectangle, Ellips..)
.when i drawing interactive region on the rasterimageviewer ,it shows the error " Only GDI paint engine supported in this method"..can i able to draw interactiveregion(rectangle,ellips) with 'Gdi plus' paintproperties in the rasterviewer?

For this, you will need to check if the image is 32-bit or not to use GDI+ engine. Here's this code from our Main CS Demo:

// If we are loading a 32-bit image and the paint engine is GDI
// Ask if the user wants to switch to GDI+2. GDI engine does not support alpha.
if(info.Image != null && info.Image.BitsPerPixel == 32 && _paintProperties.PaintEngine == RasterPaintEngine.Gdi)
{
string message = "You are trying to view a 32-bits/pixel image while the current paint engine is set to RasterPaintEngine.Gdi. Switching to RasterPaintEngine.GdiPlus will enable you to view any alpha channel data stored in this image.\n\nDo you want to switch to RasterPaintEngine.GdiPlus now?";
if(Messager.ShowQuestion(
this,
message,
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
{
_paintProperties.PaintEngine = RasterPaintEngine.GdiPlus;
.....
}
}

Regions with GDI+ are also implemented in our demo. Please see the demo source code here:
[C:\Program Files\LEAD Technologies\LEADTOOLS 16.5\Examples\DotNet\CS\MainDemo]

There is a VB.Net project on the following forum post:
http://support.leadtools.com/CS/forums/41814/ShowPost.aspx

Thanks,
Maen Badwan
LEADTOOLS Technical Support