PaintEventArgs Class
Provides data for the Paint event.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The Paint event occurs when a control is redrawn. A PaintEventArgs specifies the Graphics to use to paint the control and the ClipRectangle in which to paint.
For information about the event model, see Events and Delegates.
The following example demonstrates handling the Paint event and using the PaintEventArgs class to draw rectangles on the form. The MouseDown and MouseUp events are handled to determine the size of the rectangle. The example also demonstrates the Invalidate method to invalidate the area of the rectangle, causing it to be redrawn.
Dim RcDraw As Rectangle Dim PenWidth As Integer = 5 Private Sub Form1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseDown ' Determine the initial rectangle coordinates... RcDraw.X = e.X RcDraw.Y = e.Y End Sub Private Sub Form1_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseUp ' Determine the width and height of the rectangle... If e.X < RcDraw.X Then RcDraw.Width = RcDraw.X - e.X RcDraw.X = e.X Else RcDraw.Width = e.X - RcDraw.X End If If e.Y < RcDraw.Y Then RcDraw.Height = RcDraw.Y - e.Y RcDraw.Y = e.Y Else RcDraw.Height = e.Y - RcDraw.Y End If ' Force a repaint of the region occupied by the rectangle... Me.Invalidate(RcDraw) End Sub Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint ' Draw the rectangle... e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(New Pen(Color.Blue, PenWidth), RcDraw) End Sub
' 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
System.EventArgs
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs
System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutCellPaintEventArgs
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