VisualStyleElement.StartPanel.Preview Class
Provides a VisualStyleElement for the preview area of the Start menu. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The Normal property of the VisualStyleElement.StartPanel.Preview class returns a VisualStyleElement that represents the preview area of the Start menu.
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 Platform Note: Visual styles are supported only on these platforms.
The following code example demonstrates how to create a VisualStyleRenderer with the VisualStyleElement returned by the Normal property. To run this example, paste it into a Windows Form. Handle the form’s Paint event and call the DrawVisualStyleElementStartPanelPreview1 method from the Paint event-handling method, passing e as PaintEventArgs.
Public Sub DrawVisualStyleElementStartPanelPreview1(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) If (VisualStyleRenderer.IsElementDefined( _ VisualStyleElement.StartPanel.Preview.Normal)) Then Dim renderer As New VisualStyleRenderer _ (VisualStyleElement.StartPanel.Preview.Normal) Dim rectangle1 As New Rectangle(10, 50, 50, 50) renderer.DrawBackground(e.Graphics, rectangle1) e.Graphics.DrawString("VisualStyleElement.StartPanel.Preview.Normal", _ Me.Font, Brushes.Black, New Point(10, 10)) Else e.Graphics.DrawString("This element is not defined in the current visual style.", _ Me.Font, Brushes.Black, New Point(10, 10)) End If End Sub
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.