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[VB.NET]Creating a Basic Captcha String


1UP
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This was something I pulled from a test program I was messing with. I was writing an application to send some information to a remote database and to prevent "flooding" I could write in a captcha. Granted I would never include this because of how simple it is, it was rather easy.

First off our function to create the random string of letters.

  Private Function generateCaptchaString()
	  Dim rand As New Random
	  Dim currentLetter As String
	  Dim captchaString As String = ""
	  For i = 0 To 6
	  currentLetter = ChrW(rand.Next(Asc("A"), Asc("Z") + 1))
	  captchaString &= currentLetter
	  Next
	
	  Return captchaString
	  End Function

Then the code for creating the image with the string as apart of it.

  'Set captchaText to what is generated in the function generateRandomString
	  Dim captchaText As String = generateCaptchaString()
	
	  'Creating a bitmap in memory
	  Dim captchaBitmap As New Bitmap(200, 40)
	
	  'Creating a Graphic so we can manipulate how the image will look
	  Dim captchaGraphic As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(captchaBitmap)
	
	  Dim captchaFont As New Font("Arial", 14)
	
	  'Set the Text color
	  Dim captchaForeColor As New SolidBrush(Color.Blue)
	
	  'Set the background color
	  Dim captchaBackgroundColor As New SolidBrush(Color.Yellow)
	
	  captchaGraphic.FillRectangle(captchaBackgroundColor, 0, 0, Width, Height)
	  captchaGraphic.DrawString(captchaText, captchaFont, captchaForeColor, 5.0F, 5.0F)
	
	  pict_Captcha.Image = captchaBitmap
	
	
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Cyb3r
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Good for server sided apps to prevent spam, thanks for sharing mate.

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