private static Size GetConsoleFontSize()
{
// getting the console out buffer handle
IntPtr outHandle = WinAPIImports.CreateFile("CONOUT$", WinAPIImports.GENERIC_READ | WinAPIImports.GENERIC_WRITE,
WinAPIImports.FILE_SHARE_READ | WinAPIImports.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
IntPtr.Zero,
WinAPIImports.OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
IntPtr.Zero);
int errorCode = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
if (outHandle.ToInt32() == WinAPIImports.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
throw new IOException("Unable to open CONOUT$", errorCode);
}
var cfi = new WinAPIImports.ConsoleFontInfo();
if (!WinAPIImports.GetCurrentConsoleFont(outHandle, false, cfi))
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to get font information.");
}
return(new Size(cfi.dwFontSize.X, cfi.dwFontSize.Y));
}
public static void DrawAPicture(string picturePath, int x, int y, int width, int heigth)
{
var location = new Point(x, y);
var imageSize = new Size(width, heigth); // desired image size in characters
if (System.IO.File.Exists(picturePath))
{
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromHwnd(WinAPIImports.GetConsoleWindow()))
{
using (Image image = Image.FromFile(picturePath))
{
var fontSize = GetConsoleFontSize();
// translating the character positions to pixels
var imageRect = new Rectangle(
location.X * fontSize.Width,
location.Y * fontSize.Height,
imageSize.Width * fontSize.Width,
imageSize.Height * fontSize.Height);
g.DrawImage(image, imageRect);
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No picture existing on path : " + picturePath);
}
}