Visual Basic® Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library

Chapter 9. Drawing Functions

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Key Classes Related to Drawing

• Drawing with the .NET Namespaces

• Drawing Basics

• Drawing Basic Shapes

• Filling Shapes

• Collections of Shapes

• Working with Images

• Transformations

• Learning by Example: A Forms-Based Drawing Application

Nothing in Windows gets to the user's screen without the aid of a drawing function. This includes images, colors, and even text. The OS must render all things visually by drawing pixels to an output device (monitor, printer, and so on). Of course, Windows does a good job of hiding drawing functions from the average developer. When did you last need to call an API function to display text to the screen or change the background color of a button? Our controls, compiler, and operating ...