graphics vector vs raster

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Hi,

I need to draw a few arrows and other custom graphic buttons on my form. Is
it best (faster) to draw lines or just tile bitmaps?

 

[Ed Kaim]

The tradeoff is between performance and memory usage. If the bitmaps are
small, just use them. If there are a lot of them, or if they're very big,
you might be better off drawing the graphics by hand to minimize your
deployment/storage/runtime memory costs. However, be mindful of the
potential performance cost (if you're drawing more than a few times per
second).