Chapter 18: Graphical Output

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Overview

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

• Use GDI+ to draw on forms

• Use color

• Use fonts

• Display images on forms

• Print from applications

Chapters 16 and 17 introduced you to the world of Windows Forms and showed you how to use the classes in the System::Windows::Forms namespace to build GUI applications. This chapter introduces the drawing mechanisms that underlie all the Windows Forms functionality. You’re going to learn how to draw on forms, how to display images, and how to print.