System.Drawing Namespace

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System.Drawing Namespace

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The System.Drawing namespace contains the following members:

• Classes
• Interfaces
• Structures
• Delegates
• Enumerations

These members provide access to GDI+ basic graphics functionality. These members also provide System.Drawing.Drawing2D, System.Drawing.Imaging, and System.Drawing.Text namespaces.

Classes

Name	Description
Bitmap	It is used to encapsulate a GDI+ bitmap. It is an object used to work with images defined by pixel data.
Brush	It is used to define objects used to fill the interiors of graphical shapes.
Brushes	It is used to provide brushes for all the standard colors.
BufferedGraphics	It is used to provide a graphics buffer for double buffering.
BufferedGraphicsContext	It is used to provide methods for creating graphics buffers that can be used for double buffering.
BufferedGraphicsManager	It is used to provide access to the main buffered graphics context object for an application domain.
ColorConverter	It is used to convert colors from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor.
ColorTranslator	It is used to translate colors to and from GDI+ color structures.
Font	It is used to define a particular format for text, including font face, size, and style attributes.
FontConverter	It is used to convert Font objects from one data type to another.
FontConverter.FontNameConverter	It is a type converter that is used to convert a font name to and from various other representations.
FontConverter.FontUnitConverter	It is used to convert font units to and from other unit types.
FontFamily	It is used to define a group of type faces having a similar basic design and certain variations in styles.
Graphics	It is used to encapsulate a GDI+ drawing surface.
Icon	It is used to represent a Windows icon. Icons can be thought of as transparent bitmaps, although their size is determined by the system.
IconConverter	It is used to convert an Icon object from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor object.
Image	It is used to provide functionality for the Bitmap and Metafile descended classes.
ImageAnimator	It is used to animate an image that has time-based frames.
ImageConverter	It is a class that can be used to convert Image objects from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor object.
ImageFormatConverter	It is a class that can be used to convert colors from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor object.
Pen	It is used to define an object used to draw lines and curves.
Pens	It is used for all the standard colors.
PointConverter	It is used to convert a Point object from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor object.
RectangleConverter	It is used to convert rectangles from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor.
Region	It is used to describe the interior of a graphics shape composed of rectangles and paths.
SizeConverter	It is used to convert from one data type to another. It is accessed through the TypeDescriptor object.
SizeFConverter	It is used to convert SizeF objects from one type to another.
SolidBrush	It is used to define a brush of a single color. Brushes are used to fill graphics shapes, such as rectangles, ellipses, pies, polygons, and paths.
StringFormat	It is used to encapsulate text layout information, display manipulations, and OpenType features.
SystemBrushes	It is a SolidBrush that is the color of a Windows display element.
SystemColors	It is a color structure that is the color of a Windows display element.
SystemFonts	It is used to specify the fonts used to display text in Windows display elements.
SystemIcons	It is an Icon object for Windows system-wide icons.
SystemPens	It is a Pen that is the color of a Windows display element and that has a width of 1 pixel.
TextureBrush	It is a Brush object that uses an image to fill the interior of a shape.
ToolboxBitmapAttribute	It is used to allow you to specify an icon to represent a control in a container.

Interfaces

Name	Description
IDeviceContext	It is used to define methods for obtaining and releasing an existing handle to a Windows device context.

Structures

Name	Description
CharacterRange	It is used to specify a range of character positions within a string.
Color	It is used to represent an ARGB color.
Point	It is used to represent an ordered pair of integer x and y coordinates that defines a point in a two-dimensional plane.
PointF	It is used to represent an ordered pair of floating-point x and y coordinates that defines a point in a two-dimensional plane.
Rectangle	It is used to store a set of four integers that represent the location and size of a rectangle.
RectangleF	It is used to store a set of four floating-point numbers that represent the location and size of a rectangle.
Size	It is used to store an ordered pair of integers such as the width and height of a rectangle.
SizeF	It is used to store an ordered pair of floating point numbers such as the width and height of a rectangle.

Delegates

Name	Description
Graphics.DrawImageAbort	It is used to provide a callback method for deciding when the DrawImage method should rashly cancel execution and stop drawing an image.
Graphics.EnumerateMetafileProc	It is used to provide a callback method for the EnumerateMetafile method.
Image.GetThumbnailImageAbort	It is used to provide a callback method to determine when the GetThumbnailImage method should rashly cancel execution.

Enumerations

Name	Description
ContentAlignment	It is used to specify alignment of content on a drawing surface.
CopyPixelOperation	It is used to determine how the source color in a copy pixel operation is combined with the destination color to result in a final color.
FontStyle	It is used to specify style information applied to text.
GraphicsUnit	It is used to specify a unit of measure for the given data.
KnownColor	It is used to specify the known system colors.
RotateFlipType	It is used to specify the direction of an image's rotation and the axis used to flip the image.
StringAlignment	It is used to specify the alignment of a text string relative to its layout rectangle.
StringDigitSubstitute	It is used to specify how to substitute digits in a string according to a user's locale or language.
StringFormatFlags	It is used to specify the display and layout information for text strings.
StringTrimming	It is used to specify how to trim characters from a string that does not completely fit into a layout shape.
StringUnit	It is used to specify the units of measure for a text string.

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