Category: Graphics Code  ·  Originally posted March 1, 2009  ·  Last updated February 1, 2011

Code for Filling Image Regions (VB6)

This little program demonstrates two key graphics programming principles:

1) Simple “painting” code – basically, connecting a series of lines together as the user drags their mouse around.

2) An implementation of the hard-to-find (and poorly documented) API call for filling a contiguous region of an image. (Photoshop users should know this as the “paint bucket” tool.)

The API call used to perform the fill operation is ExtFloodFill, with a VB6 declaration and parameters like so:


Private Declare Function ExtFloodFill Lib "GDI32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal crColor As Long, ByVal wFillType As Long) As Long

To use the program, draw several lines using the left mouse button, then fill contiguous regions (with random colors) via the right button. Simple, eh?

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download Fill Contiguous Image Regions (complete source code in VB6 format)

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  1. Excellent and the most apt code for me buddy. Your site is a gold mine of VB6 graphics. Thank you so much..

    By Harison | July 17, 2009, 1:50 am |

    • You’re very welcome. Thanks for the kind words!

      By Tanner | July 19, 2009, 3:40 pm |