Visual Basic .NET Language GDI+ Fill Shapes
Example
Graphics.FillShapes draws a shape and fills it in with the color given. Fill Shapes can use
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BrushTool - to fill shape with a solid colorDim rect As New Rectangle(50, 50, 50, 50) e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, rect) 'draws a rectangle that is filled with green e.Graphics.FillPie(Brushes.Silver, rect, 0, 180) 'draws a half circle that is filled with silver -
HatchBrushTool - to fill shape with a pattern
Dim hBrush As New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.ZigZag, Color.SkyBlue, Color.Gray)
'creates a HatchBrush Tool with a background color of blue, foreground color of gray,
'and will fill with a zigzag pattern
Dim rectan As New Rectangle(100, 100, 100, 100)
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(hBrush, rectan)
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LinearGradientBrush- to fill shape with a gradientDim lBrush As New LinearGradientBrush(point1, point2, Color.MediumVioletRed, Color.PaleGreen) Dim rect As New Rectangle(50, 50, 200, 200) e.Graphics.FillRectangle(lBrush, rect) -
TextureBrush- to fill shape with a picture
You can choose a picture from resources, an already defined Bitmap, or from a file name
Dim textBrush As New TextureBrush(New Bitmap("C:\ColorPic.jpg"))
Dim rect As New Rectangle(400, 400, 100, 100)
e.Graphics.FillPie(textBrush, rect, 0, 360)
Both the Hatch Brush Tool and LinearGradientBrush import the following statement : Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
