Chapter 10. Multimedia
Multimedia is an expansive subject that covers sound, video, graphics, and printing. The aim of this chapter is to briefly touch on each main topic. If you want more detailed information, refer to books devoted to the subject, such as Pro .NET 2.0 Graphics Programming by Eric White (Apress, 2005) or Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in VB 2005 by Matthew MacDonald (Apress, 2006).
The .NET Framework provides direct support for most multimedia functionality. The System.Drawing namespace provides support for manipulating two-dimensional drawings. Most of the classes in this namespace, such as Drawing2D and Graphics, wrap GDI32.dll and USER32.dll. These libraries provide the native Graphics Device Interface (GDI) ...
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