Set image as background

Question

I have a bitmap that I want to put in the background of a form. the image is too big and its only show a part of it. I've tried the following code in the paint function it is working good but this function called all the time and I just need to do it once. I don't know how to write the same code outside the function because I don't know how to get the e.Graphics // get the table image from the resource Bitmap backgroundImage = new Bitmap(Resources.GetImage(table)); // Get the drawing surface Graphics drawingSurface = e.Graphics; // get the size of the main form Rectangle realClientArea = ClientRectangle; //draw the background drawingSurface.DrawImage( backgroundImage realClientArea );

jcity444 · Answer

Generally you should do all your painting inside the paint event handler. If you don't the form won't redraw it when it needs to. You can load the image once but you should draw it every time you paint. if you want to get the graphics object outside of paint (although i don't recommend it) you can call CreateGraphics() which is a form method.