101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications

10. GDI+

GDI+ is a graphics device interface that lets you present information on a screen or on a printer. Like its predecessor, GDI, it lets you display information without having to talk directly to the device involved. However, GDI+ is even easier to use than GDI because you simply use the classes and methods provided by the System.Drawing namespace to get your work done. Not only won’t you need to know how to talk to any specific hardware device, but you won’t have to be concerned with device contexts, pen positions, and other requirements that GDI imposed on you.

Using GDI+, you can draw lines and shapes, fill closed shapes such as rectangles and ellipses, display text on a screen or a printer, animate images, and create screen savers. ...