Drawing a Polygon in GDI+ using VB.NET
In this article I will explain how to draw a Polygon in GDI+.
A polygon is a closed shape with three of more straight sides. Examples of polygons include triangles and rectangles.
The Graphics class provides a DrawPolygon method to draw polygons. DrawPolygon draws a polygon defined by an array of points. It takes two arguments: a pen and an array of Points or PointF structures.
To draw a polygon, an application first creates a pen and an array of points and then calls the DrawPolygon method with these parameters. Listing 3.19 draws a polygon with five points.
LISTING 3.19: Drawing a polygon
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint
Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
' Create a pen
Dim greenPen As New Pen(Color.Green, 2)
Dim redPen As New Pen(Color.Red, 2)
' Create points for polygon
Dim pt1 As New PointF(40.0F, 50.0F)
Dim pt2 As New PointF(60.0F, 70.0F)
Dim pt3 As New PointF(80.0F, 34.0F)
Dim pt4 As New PointF(120.0F, 180.0F)
Dim pt5 As New PointF(200.0F, 150.0F)
Dim ptsArray As PointF() = {pt1, pt2, pt3, pt4, pt5}
' Draw polygon
e.Graphics.DrawPolygon(greenPen, ptsArray)
' Dispose of object
greenPen.Dispose()
redPen.Dispose()
End Sub
End Class
Figure 3.26 shows the output from Listing 3.19
FIGURE 3.26: Drawing a polygon
Conclusion
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