Drawing

[Boo K.M.]

I think I have come to a problem once or twice before.
In VB6, we have Shape to draw lines and rectangle/triangle stuffs, but how
do we do that in VB.NET? I don't know if I missed any Toolbox there, but
just simply couldn't find.

Boo K.M.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I think I have come to a problem once or twice before.
In VB6, we have Shape to draw lines and rectangle/triangle stuffs, but how
do we do that in VB.NET? I don't know if I missed any Toolbox there, but
just simply couldn't find.

Handle the form's 'Paint' event and draw the shapes there
('e.Graphics.{Draw*, Fill*}').

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Check out the GDI+ FAQ and particularly the Beginners Guide to GDI+

Both on my site.

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[Frank Hileman]

There are also commercial libraries that perform this task far better than
the old Shape classes.

Regards,
Frank Hileman

check out VG.net: http://www.vgdotnet.com
Animated vector graphics system
Integrated Visual Studio .NET graphics editor

 

[Boo K.M.]

OK, thank you everyone.
I just want to know the answer and it is enough now (library - 3rd party,
code).
Normally now whenever I want to draw separator (3D lines), I just use frame
or (what's it called now?) without caption (yeah, text property, in VB.NET),
and size it properly to have gray and white line side by side.

Just a quick way.
I don't think drawing with code is efficient in the first place, such as one
I am encountering now, drawing tables in RTF document with
code......Somebody else please do the dirty job for me......

Boo K.M.