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Graphics.DrawRectangle Method (Pen, Rectangle)

.NET Framework 4.5

Draws a rectangle specified by a Rectangle structure.

Namespace: System.Drawing
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

public void DrawRectangle(
	Pen pen,
	Rectangle rect
)

Parameters

pen: Type: System.Drawing.Pen
A Pen that determines the color, width, and style of the rectangle.

rect: Type: System.Drawing.Rectangle
A Rectangle structure that represents the rectangle to draw.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	pen is null.

Remarks

For information about how to draw a RectangleF, see DrawRectangles(Pen, RectangleF[]).

Examples

The following code example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code performs the following actions:

Creates a black pen.
Creates a rectangle.
Draws the rectangle to the screen.

C++

public void DrawRectangleRectangle(PaintEventArgs e)
{

    // Create pen.
    Pen blackPen = new Pen(Color.Black, 3);

    // Create rectangle.
    Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 200, 200);

    // Draw rectangle to screen.
    e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rect);
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Graphics Class

DrawRectangle Overload

System.Drawing Namespace

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