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PathGradientBrush Class

Encapsulates a Brush object that fills the interior of a GraphicsPath object with a gradient. This class cannot be inherited.

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

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class PathGradientBrush _
	Inherits Brush
'Usage
Dim instance As PathGradientBrush

The color gradient is a smooth shading of colors from the center point of the path to the outside boundary edge of the path. Blend factors, positions, and style affect where the gradient starts and ends, and how fast it changes shade.

Path gradient brushes do not obey the SmoothingMode property of the Graphics object used to do the drawing. Areas filled using a PathGradientBrush object are rendered the same way (aliased) regardless of the smoothing mode.

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.Drawing.Brush
      System.Drawing.Drawing2D.PathGradientBrush

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

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