ControlPaint Class
Provides methods used to paint common Windows controls and their elements. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The methods contained in the ControlPaint class enable you to draw your own controls or elements of controls. You can control the drawing of your own controls if the UserPaint bit is set to true for the control. You can get or set the style bits by calling the GetStyle or SetStyle methods. You can set multiple style bits for any control. The ControlStyles enumeration members can be combined with bitwise operations.
The following code example uses one of the ControlPaint constructors to draw a flat Button control.
Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button = New Button Private button2 As System.Windows.Forms.Button = New Button <System.STAThreadAttribute()> _ Public Shared Sub Main() System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(New Form1) End Sub Public Sub New() Me.button2.Location = New Point(0, button1.Height + 10) AddHandler Me.button2.Click, AddressOf Me.button2_Click Me.Controls.Add(Me.button1) Me.Controls.Add(Me.button2) End Sub Private Sub button2_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) ' Draws a flat button on button1. ControlPaint.DrawButton(System.Drawing.Graphics.FromHwnd(button1.Handle), 0, 0, button1.Width, button1.Height, ButtonState.Flat) End Sub 'button2_Click End Class
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
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