Display a Image in a console application

Question

I have a console application that manages images. Now i need something like a preview of the Images within the console application. Is there a way to display them in the con

Answer 1

Yes, you can do it, if you stretch the question a little by opening a Form from within the Console application.

Here is how you can have you console application open a form and display an image:

• include these two references in your project: System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms
• include the two namespaces as well:

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using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

See this post on how to do that!

Now all you need it to add something like this:

Form form1 = new Form();
form1.BackgroundImage = bmp;
form1.ShowDialog();

Of course you can also use a PictureBox..

And you can use form1.Show(); to keep the console alive while the preview shows..

Original post: Of course you can't properly display an image inside a 25x80 window; even if you use a larger window and block graphics it wouldn't be a preview but a mess!

Update: Looks like you can after all GDI-draw an image onto the Console Form; see taffer's answer!