{"id":2581,"date":"2013-02-15T10:35:14","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T02:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T18:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T10:20:16","slug":"visual-basic-2012-lesson-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Basic 2012 Lesson 26\u2013 Filling Shapes with Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- table,th,td { vertical-align:top; } --><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-25\/\">[Lesson 25]<\/a> <\/strong>&lt;&lt;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-tutorial\/\">[CONTENTS]<\/a> &gt;&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-27\/\"> [Lesson 27]<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In this lesson, we will show you about filling shapes with color, or simply solid shapes.<br \/>\nThree methods that are used to fill shapes are FillRectangle, FillEllipse, FillPolygon and FillPie.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fill the above shapes with color, we need to create the Brush object using the following syntax:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 90%;\">myBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.myColor)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>*myColor can be any color such as red, blue, yellow and more.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033628290023372\" data-ad-slot=\"1777484012\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3>26.1 Drawing and Filling a Rectangle<\/h3>\n<p>The syntax to fill a rectangle with the color defined by the brush object is:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 70%;\">myGraphics.FillRectangle (myBrush, 0, 0, 150, 150)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The complete code is shown in the example below:<\/p>\n<h4>Example 26.1<\/h4>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 70%;\">Dim myPen As Pen\r\nDim myBrush As Brush\r\nDim myGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics\r\n myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.Blue, 5)\r\n myBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.Coral)\r\n myGraphics.DrawRectangle(myPen, 0, 0, 150, 150)\r\n myGraphics.FillRectangle(myBrush, 0, 0, 150, 150)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The Output is shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/lesson26_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>26.2 Drawing and Filling an Ellipse<\/h3>\n<p>The syntax to fill a ellipse with the color defined by the brush object is:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 80%;\">myGraphics.FillEllipse (myBrush, 0, 0, 150, 150)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The complete code is shown in the example below:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Example 26.2<\/strong><\/h4>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 80%;\">Dim myPen As Pen\r\nDim myBrush As Brush\r\nDim myGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics\r\n myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.Blue, 5)\r\n myBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.Coral)\r\n myGraphics.DrawEllipse(myPen, 0, 0, 150, 180)\r\n myGraphics.FillEllipse(myBrush, 0, 0, 150, 180)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The output is shown below:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/lesson26_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>26.3 Drawing and Filling a Polygon<\/h3>\n<p>The syntax to fill a polygon with the color defined by the brush object is:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 70%;\">myGraphics.FillPolygon(myBrush, myPoints)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The complete code is shown in the example below:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%; width: 80%;\">Dim myPen As Pen\r\nDim myBrush As Brush\r\nDim A As New Point(10, 10)\r\nDim B As New Point(100, 50)\r\nDim C As New Point(120, 150)\r\nDim D As New Point(60, 200)\r\nDim myPoints As Point() = {A, B, C, D}\r\n myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.Blue, 5)\r\n myBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.Coral)\r\nDim myGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics\r\n myGraphics.DrawPolygon(myPen, myPoints)\r\n myGraphics.FillPolygon(myBrush, myPoints)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Running the code produces the image below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/lesson26_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>26.4 Drawing and Filling a Pie<\/h4>\n<p>The syntax to fill a pie with the color defined by the brush object is:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%;\">myGraphics.FillPie(myBrush, X, Y, width, height, StartAngle, SweepAngle)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The complete code is shown in the example below:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Dim myPen As Pen\r\nDim myBrush As Brush\r\n myPen = New Pen(Drawing.Color.Blue, 5)\r\n myBrush = New SolidBrush(Color.Coral)\r\nDim myGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics\r\n myGraphics.DrawPie(myPen, 30, 40, 150, 150, 0, 60)\r\n myGraphics.FillPie(myBrush, 30, 40, 150, 150, 0, 60)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>The output is shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2010\/vb2010_Image\/lesson26_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033628290023372\" data-ad-slot=\"6598395509\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-25\/\">[Lesson 25]<\/a> <\/strong>&lt;&lt;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-tutorial\/\">[CONTENTS]<\/a> &gt;&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/visual-basic-2012-lesson-27\/\"> [Lesson 27]<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Lesson 25] &lt;&lt;\u00a0[CONTENTS] &gt;&gt; [Lesson 27] In this lesson, we will show you about filling shapes with color, or simply solid shapes. Three methods that are used to fill shapes are FillRectangle, FillEllipse, FillPolygon and FillPie. 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