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    Post Using System class in VB6

    Hi,
    I'm new to Vb6 and its probably a silly question, but how do i use the namespace System in Visual Basic 6? I have added a reference to the System, System_Windows_Forms and System_Drawing namespace, but i don't see System.Drawings.Graphics and many other classes. Am i missing something? Do i need to import the namespace? I have coded in VB2010 and i'm not sure about how it is in 2006 .Please help me out. Thanks!

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    You cannot use .NET namespaces in VB6.
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    hi,
    Thanks for the reply! So then i cant use graphics or any of those? I'm using VB6 as i have an ActiveX control as a UI on the form, and i would also like to do operations such as displaying a video and drawing on an image in a picturebox on the UI. How else could i get to doing this? Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bizzare View Post
    How else could i get to doing this?
    Switch from using VB6 to using VB.NET
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    Hi,
    Thanks for the information. Unfortunately i'm contsraint to using VB6 as i am using API's for the Winspec32 software, which is supported by versions other than .NET. But i also need to use graphics to draw on the image. Please help me out with what i could do.
    Thanks,
    Hyma

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    VB6 is not the best development platform in the world for graphics. I did a quick search and found these links.

    http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/Graphics
    http://www.vbtutor.net/vb6/lesson18.html
    http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...g-a-sketchpad/

    There may be more out there if you want to spend some time doing some digging.
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