Windows Programming/GDI and Drawing

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This page will talk about graphics and drawing using the windows GDI libraries.

Contents

[edit] Device Contexts

[edit] Brushes

Windows uses brushes to paint colors and fill areas with predefined patterns. Brushes have a minimum size of 8X8 pixels and like pens, have three basic characteristic: size, pattern and color. With their 8X8 pixel minimum size,brushes are said to have a pattern, not a style as pens do. The pattern may be a solid color, hatched, diagonal or any other user definable combination.

[edit] Pens

Pens are used to create borders around shapes you have drawn.

[edit] Basic Drawing

[edit] Metafiles

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