[tim8w]

OK,
I think I finally know what I need on this. I have a PictureBox with a BackColor set. Then I draw something on the PictureBox. I want to send what I see on the PictureBox, i.e. graphics and BackColor to the ClipBoard. If I just send the PictureBox.Image to the ClipBoard, it draws the graphics correctly, but the background always comes up dark blue. I believe this is because the BackColor is set to be transparent.

How can I combine the Image and BackColor into a bitmap without transparency so that I can send it to the ClipBoard?

[tim8w]

The trivial answer is to do the following:

Code:

        ' Get the image and the background color
        Dim oldImage As Image = pictureBox1.Image
        Dim backColor As Color = pictureBox1.BackColor

        ' make a new image of the appropriate size, and get ready to draw on it
        Dim newImage As Image = New Bitmap(oldImage.Width, oldImage.Height, _
                                           Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb)
        Using g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(newImage)
            ' Draw the background, then the image
            Using backBrush As New SolidBrush(backColor)
                g.FillRectangle(backBrush, 0, 0, newImage.Width, newImage.Height)
                g.DrawImage(oldImage, 0, 0)
            End Using
        End Using

        Clipboard.SetImage(newImage)

Thanks to AtmaWeapon @ Xtreme VB Talk...