Creating Web Graphics Dynamically / On The Fly

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Introduction

This will show how to create graphics on the fly which can be used for reports, verification, etc.

Using the code

The code is very simple, and it uses:

1. System.Drawing
2. System.Drawing.Imaging

Here is how it looks like:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page 
{

    protected void Submit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Creating Blank Bitmap Object with the following dimensions
        Bitmap oBitmap = new Bitmap(100, 150);

        Graphics oGraphic = Graphics.FromImage(oBitmap);

        //Creates Brushes and Pens just
        SolidBrush rBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Red);
        SolidBrush bBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Blue);
        SolidBrush gBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Green);
        SolidBrush wBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.White);
        Pen bPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 4);
        Pen rPen = new Pen(Color.Red, 2);

        //We need to fill up the Image with white since by default it is Black
        oGraphic.FillRectangle(wBrush, 0, 0, 100, 150);

        //Just Draw a line for the graph
        oGraphic.DrawLine(bPen, new Point(3, 100), new Point(100, 100));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(bPen, new Point(5, 0), new Point(5, 100));

        //Rendering of Letters in their position
        Render_T(10, 110, rPen, oGraphic);
        Render_E(32, 110, rPen, oGraphic);
        Render_S(54, 110, rPen, oGraphic);
        Render_T(76, 110, rPen, oGraphic);

        float fHighestValue;
        float fHeight1;
        float fHeight2;
        float fHeight3;
        float fValue1;
        float fValue2;
        float fValue3;

        //Get The values of each bar
        fValue1 = Convert.ToSingle(Request["Value1"]);
        fValue2 = Convert.ToSingle(Request["Value2"]);
        fValue3 = Convert.ToSingle(Request["Value3"]);

    
        //Determining which is the largest number on the Graph
        if (fValue1 > fValue2)
        {fHighestValue = fValue1;}
        else
        {fHighestValue = fValue2;}
        if (fValue3 > fHighestValue)
        {fHighestValue = fValue3;}
        if (fHighestValue == 0) fHighestValue = 1;

        fHeight1 = (fValue1 / fHighestValue) * 100;
        fHeight2 = (fValue2 / fHighestValue) * 100;
        fHeight3 = (fValue3 / fHighestValue) * 100;

        //rendering the Graph
        oGraphic.FillRectangle(rBrush, 10, 100 - fHeight1, 20, fHeight1);
        oGraphic.FillRectangle(bBrush, 40, 100 - fHeight2, 20, fHeight2);
        oGraphic.FillRectangle(gBrush, 70, 100 - fHeight3, 20, fHeight3);

        //rendering the whole image
        Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
        oBitmap.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
    }

    private void Render_T(int XAxis, int YAxis, Pen oPen, Graphics oGraphic)
    {
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(10 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(10 + XAxis, 22 + YAxis));
    }

    private void Render_E(int XAxis, int YAxis, Pen oPen, Graphics oGraphic)
    {
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(1 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(1 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis));
    }

    private void Render_S(int XAxis, int YAxis, Pen oPen, Graphics oGraphic)
    {
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(0 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(20 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(1 + XAxis, 0 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(1 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis));
        oGraphic.DrawLine(oPen, new Point(19 + XAxis, 10 + YAxis), 
                          new Point(19 + XAxis, 20 + YAxis));
    }
}

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