DrawingVisual Class
Assembly: PresentationCore (in presentationcore.dll)
XML Namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation
DrawingVisual is a lightweight drawing class that is used to render shapes, images, or text. This class is considered lightweight because it does not provide layout, input, focus, or event handling, which improves its performance. For this reason, drawings are ideal for backgrounds and clip art.
In order to use DrawingVisual objects, you need to create a host container for the objects. The host container object must be derived from the FrameworkElement class, which provides the layout and event handling support that the DrawingVisual class does not support. The host container object does not display any visual properties, since its main purpose is to contain child objects. For more information, see Using DrawingVisual Objects.
For a complete example showing how to create DrawingVisual objects with a host container, see the Using DrawingVisuals Sample.
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
System.Windows.DependencyObject
System.Windows.Media.Visual
System.Windows.Media.ContainerVisual
System.Windows.Media.DrawingVisual
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.Reference
DrawingVisual MembersSystem.Windows.Media Namespace