Graphics Programming with GDI+

3.3. The GDI+Painter Application

Almost every chapter of this book will show a real-world example to illustrate the concepts discussed in it. In this chapter we create an application, GDI+Painter, that you can use to draw and fill simple graphics objects. If you wish, you can add more functionality to the application. Once you are done drawing graphics shapes, the program allows you to save your drawing in bitmap format. You can modify the program to save a drawing in .jpeg or .gif format.

The program is a Windows Forms application and looks like Figure 3.42. It has three draw buttons (line, ellipse, and rectangle) and two fill buttons (rectangle and ellipse). The Save Image button allows you to save the image.

Figure 3.42. The GDI+Painter ...