Question

this creates streaks instead of dots. why ? I am trying to paint individual pixels. another method was also tried (using fillrectangle) , which also didn’t give the desired result, got bars instead of dots.

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pea )
    {

         Graphics g = pea.Graphics ;

         for ( int y = 1 ; y <= Width ; y++ )
         {
            for (  int x  =  1  ; x <=  Height    ; x++ )
            {
                System.Random rand = new  System.Random() ;
                Color c =   (Color.FromArgb(rand.Next(256),
                                    rand.Next(256),
                                    rand.Next(256)));
            // SolidBrush myBrush = new SolidBrush(c);
            // g.FillRectangle(myBrush, x, y, 1, 1);


                 Bitmap pt = new Bitmap(1, 1);
                 pt.SetPixel(0, 0, c);
                 g.DrawImageUnscaled(pt, x, y);

            }
        }

}

what is happening here ?

Answer 1

You should not create a new Random object each time. Since that will give you the exact same “random” numbers repeated over and over.

Instead use the same Random object and just call Next on in.