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LineCap Enumeration

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Specifies the available cap styles with which a Pen object can end a line.

Namespace: System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)

Syntax

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public enum LineCap

Members

	Member name	Description
	Flat	Specifies a flat line cap.
	Square	Specifies a square line cap.
	Round	Specifies a round line cap.
	Triangle	Specifies a triangular line cap.
	NoAnchor	Specifies no anchor.
	SquareAnchor	Specifies a square anchor line cap.
	RoundAnchor	Specifies a round anchor cap.
	DiamondAnchor	Specifies a diamond anchor cap.
	ArrowAnchor	Specifies an arrow-shaped anchor cap.
	Custom	Specifies a custom line cap.
	AnchorMask	Specifies a mask used to check whether a line cap is an anchor cap.

Remarks

You can draw the start or end of a line in one of several shapes called line caps. GDI+ supports several line caps, such as round, square, diamond, and arrowhead. The following illustration shows a line with a round cap and an arrow cap.

Examples

The following example draws a line with an arrowhead at one end and a round cap at the other end. To run this example, Create a Windows Form and handle the form's Paint event. Paste the example code into the Paint event handler passing e as PaintEventArgs.

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Pen pen = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255), 8);
pen.StartCap = LineCap.ArrowAnchor;
pen.EndCap = LineCap.RoundAnchor;
e.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, 20, 175, 300, 175);

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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

Reference

System.Drawing.Drawing2D Namespace

Other Resources

Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Shapes

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