January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 48m
English
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The Graphics Class
At the root of GDI+ is the System.Drawing.Graphics class. This class encompasses methods for drawing text, icons, images, rectangles, ellipses, curves, and everything in between. The Graphics class is the heart and sole of GDI+, and you'd do well to familiarize yourself with the services it offers, as well as its limitations.
Although the Graphics class provides the means to render basic shapes and images to a window, it requires a supporting cast. This supporting cast comprises brushes, pens, fonts, and even images. All of these objects work together to produce the final result displayed on the screen or printer.
An important note about GDI+ is that the programming model is a static model, whereas previous versions of GDI ...