Control.Paint Event
Occurs when the control is redrawn.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The Paint event is raised when the control is redrawn. It passes an instance of PaintEventArgs to the method(s) that handles the Paint event.
When creating a new custom control or an inherited control with a different visual appearance, you must provide code to render the control by overriding the OnPaint method. For more information, see Overriding the OnPaint Method and Custom Control Painting and Rendering.
For more information about handling events, see Consuming Events.
The following code example creates a PictureBox control on the form and uses the Paint event to draw to it.
' This example creates a PictureBox control on the form and draws to it. ' This example assumes that the Form_Load event handler method is connected ' to the Load event of the form. Private pictureBox1 As New PictureBox() Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' Dock the PictureBox to the form and set its background to white. pictureBox1.Dock = DockStyle.Fill pictureBox1.BackColor = Color.White ' Connect the Paint event of the PictureBox to the event handler method. AddHandler pictureBox1.Paint, AddressOf Me.pictureBox1_Paint ' Add the PictureBox control to the Form. Me.Controls.Add(pictureBox1) End Sub 'Form1_Load Private Sub pictureBox1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) ' Create a local version of the graphics object for the PictureBox. Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics ' Draw a string on the PictureBox. g.DrawString("This is a diagonal line drawn on the control", _ New Font("Arial", 10), Brushes.Red, New PointF(30.0F, 30.0F)) ' Draw a line in the PictureBox. g.DrawLine(System.Drawing.Pens.Red, pictureBox1.Left, _ pictureBox1.Top, pictureBox1.Right, pictureBox1.Bottom) End Sub 'pictureBox1_Paint
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