Better performance is achieved by using the properties of the SystemPens or SystemBrushes classes rather than creating a new pen or brush based on a value from SystemColors. For example, if you wanted to get a brush for the face color of a 3-D element, use the SystemBrushes..::.Control property because it gets a brush that already exists, whereas calling the SolidBrush constructor with a parameter value of SystemColors..::.Control will create a new brush.

The following code example demonstrates the Equality operator and the SystemColors class. This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form that contains a button named Button1. Paste the following code into your form and associate the Button1_Click method with the button's Click event.

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

    If (Color.op_Equality(Me.BackColor, SystemColors.ControlDark)) Then
        Me.BackColor = SystemColors.Control
    End If
End Sub

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    if (this.BackColor == SystemColors.ControlDark)
    {
        this.BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    }
}

void Button1_Click( System::Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   if ( this->BackColor == SystemColors::ControlDark )
   {
      this->BackColor = SystemColors::Control;
   }
}

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