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Graphics Methods
Visual Studio 2008
The Graphics type exposes the following members.
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AddMetafileComment | Adds a comment to the current Metafile. |
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BeginContainer | Overloaded. Saves a graphics container with the current state of this Graphics and opens and uses a new graphics container. |
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Clear | Clears the entire drawing surface and fills it with the specified background color. |
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CopyFromScreen | Overloaded. Performs a bit-block transfer of color data from the screen to the drawing surface of the Graphics. |
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CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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Dispose | Releases all resources used by this Graphics. |
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DrawArc | Overloaded. Draws an arc representing a portion of an ellipse specified by a pair of coordinates, a width, and a height. |
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DrawBezier | Overloaded. Draws a Bézier spline defined by four Point structures. |
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DrawBeziers | Overloaded. Draws a series of Bézier splines from an array of Point structures. |
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DrawClosedCurve | Overloaded. Draws a closed cardinal spline defined by an array of Point structures. |
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DrawCurve | Overloaded. Draws a cardinal spline through a specified array of Point structures. |
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DrawEllipse | Overloaded. Draws an ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a height, and a width. |
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DrawIcon | Overloaded. Draws the image represented by the specified Icon at the specified coordinates. |
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DrawIconUnstretched | Draws the image represented by the specified Icon without scaling the image. |
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DrawImage | Overloaded. Draws the specified Image at the specified location and with the original size. |
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DrawImageUnscaled | Overloaded. Draws the specified image using its original physical size at the location specified by a coordinate pair. |
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DrawImageUnscaledAndClipped | Draws the specified image without scaling and clips it, if necessary, to fit in the specified rectangle. |
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DrawLine | Overloaded. Draws a line connecting the two points specified by the coordinate pairs. |
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DrawLines | Overloaded. Draws a series of line segments that connect an array of Point structures. |
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DrawPath | Draws a GraphicsPath. |
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DrawPie | Overloaded. Draws a pie shape defined by an ellipse specified by a coordinate pair, a width, a height, and two radial lines. |
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DrawPolygon | Overloaded. Draws a polygon defined by an array of Point structures. |
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DrawRectangle | Overloaded. Draws a rectangle specified by a coordinate pair, a width, and a height. |
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DrawRectangles | Overloaded. Draws a series of rectangles specified by Rectangle structures. |
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DrawString | Overloaded. Draws the specified text string at the specified location with the specified Brush and Font objects. |
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EndContainer | Closes the current graphics container and restores the state of this Graphics to the state saved by a call to the BeginContainer method. |
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EnumerateMetafile | Overloaded. Sends the records in the specified Metafile, one at a time, to a callback method for display at a specified point. |
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Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ExcludeClip | Overloaded. Updates the clip region of this Graphics to exclude the area specified by a Rectangle structure. |
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FillClosedCurve | Overloaded. Fills the interior of a closed cardinal spline curve defined by an array of Point structures. |
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FillEllipse | Overloaded. Fills the interior of an ellipse defined by a bounding rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a width, and a height. |
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FillPath | Fills the interior of a GraphicsPath. |
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FillPie | Overloaded. Fills the interior of a pie section defined by an ellipse specified by a pair of coordinates, a width, a height, and two radial lines. |
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FillPolygon | Overloaded. Fills the interior of a polygon defined by an array of points specified by Point structures. |
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FillRectangle | Overloaded. Fills the interior of a rectangle specified by a pair of coordinates, a width, and a height. |
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FillRectangles | Overloaded. Fills the interiors of a series of rectangles specified by Rectangle structures. |
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FillRegion | Fills the interior of a Region. |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Flush | Overloaded. Forces execution of all pending graphics operations and returns immediately without waiting for the operations to finish. |
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FromHdc | Overloaded. Creates a new Graphics from the specified handle to a device context. |
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FromHdcInternal | Infrastructure. Returns a Graphics for the specified device context. |
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FromHow | Infrastructure. Creates a graphics object. |
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FromHwnd | Creates a new Graphics from the specified handle to a window. |
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FromHwndInternal | Infrastructure. Creates a new Graphics for the specified windows handle. |
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FromImage | Creates a new Graphics from the specified Image. |
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GetContextInfo | Infrastructure. Gets the cumulative graphics context. |
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GetHalftonePalette | Gets a handle to the current Windows halftone palette. |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHdc | Gets the handle to the device context associated with this Graphics. |
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GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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GetNearestColor | Gets the nearest color to the specified Color structure. |
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GetType | Gets the type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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IntersectClip | Overloaded. Updates the clip region of this Graphics to the intersection of the current clip region and the specified Rectangle structure. |
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IsVisible | Overloaded. Indicates whether the point specified by a pair of coordinates is contained within the visible clip region of this Graphics. |
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MeasureCharacterRanges | Gets an array of Region objects, each of which bounds a range of character positions within the specified string. |
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MeasureString | Overloaded. Measures the specified string when drawn with the specified Font. |
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MemberwiseClone | Overloaded. |
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MultiplyTransform | Overloaded. Multiplies the world transformation of this Graphics and specified the Matrix. |
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ReleaseHdc | Overloaded. Releases a device context handle obtained by a previous call to the GetHdc method of this Graphics. |
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ReleaseHdcInternal | Infrastructure. Releases a handle to a device context. |
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ResetClip | Resets the clip region of this Graphics to an infinite region. |
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ResetTransform | Resets the world transformation matrix of this Graphics to the identity matrix. |
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Restore | Restores the state of this Graphics to the state represented by a GraphicsState. |
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RotateTransform | Overloaded. Applies the specified rotation to the transformation matrix of this Graphics. |
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Save | Saves the current state of this Graphics and identifies the saved state with a GraphicsState. |
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ScaleTransform | Overloaded. Applies the specified scaling operation to the transformation matrix of this Graphics by prepending it to the object's transformation matrix. |
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SetClip | Overloaded. Sets the clipping region of this Graphics to the Clip property of the specified Graphics. |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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TransformPoints | Overloaded. Transforms an array of points from one coordinate space to another using the current world and page transformations of this Graphics. |
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TranslateClip | Overloaded. Translates the clipping region of this Graphics by specified amounts in the horizontal and vertical directions. |
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TranslateTransform | Overloaded. Changes the origin of the coordinate system by prepending the specified translation to the transformation matrix of this Graphics. |
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