' Project Brushes ' Show the effect of using these brushes: ' HatchBrush, LinearGradientBrush, SolidBrush, TextureBrush. Imports System.Drawing, System.Drawing.Drawing2D Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private brush As Brush #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu Friend WithEvents MenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuSolid As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuLinearGrad As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuHatch As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Friend WithEvents mnuTextured As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.MainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu() Me.MenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuHatch = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuLinearGrad = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuSolid = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() Me.mnuTextured = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() ' 'MainMenu1 ' Me.MainMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.MenuItem1}) ' 'MenuItem1 ' Me.MenuItem1.Index = 0 Me.MenuItem1.MenuItems.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem() {Me.mnuHatch, Me.mnuLinearGrad, Me.mnuSolid, Me.mnuTextured}) Me.MenuItem1.Text = "Brushes" ' 'mnuHatch ' Me.mnuHatch.Index = 0 Me.mnuHatch.Text = "Hatch Brush" ' 'mnuLinearGrad ' Me.mnuLinearGrad.Index = 1 Me.mnuLinearGrad.Text = "Linear Gradient Brush" ' 'mnuSolid ' Me.mnuSolid.Index = 2 Me.mnuSolid.Text = "Solid Brush" ' 'mnuTextured ' Me.mnuTextured.Index = 3 Me.mnuTextured.Text = "Texture Brush" ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273) Me.Menu = Me.MainMenu1 Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "Brushes Example" End Sub #End Region Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load brush = New SolidBrush(Color.White) End Sub Private Sub mnuHatch_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuHatch.Click brush = New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.ZigZag, Color.DarkOrchid, _ Color.Beige) Invalidate() End Sub Private Sub mnuLinearGrad_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuLinearGrad.Click brush = New LinearGradientBrush(New Point(15, 15), _ New Point(ClientSize.Width - 20, ClientSize.Width - 20), _ Color.Blue, Color.Red) Invalidate() End Sub Private Sub mnuSolid_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuSolid.Click brush = New SolidBrush(Color.MediumTurquoise) Invalidate() End Sub Private Sub mnuTextured_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuTextured.Click brush = New TextureBrush(Image.FromFile( _ Application.StartupPath & "\..\Pizza.jpg")) Invalidate() End Sub Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) _ Handles MyBase.Paint Dim r As Rectangle r = New Rectangle(15, 15, ClientSize.Width - 30, _ ClientSize.Height - 30) e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush, r) End Sub End Class