Title	Keywords
HowTo: Draw a background with a rotating color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	color gradient, moving gradient, rotating gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a background with a moving color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	color gradient, moving gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill text with a moving color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	text, color gradient, moving gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of images	Image, ImageList, animate
HowTo: Use an ImageList control to animate a series of images in VB .NET	ImageList, animate, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a game where you control a cannon ball's angle and speed to try to hit a house in VB .NET	cannon, simulation, gravity, animation
HowTo: Make a game where you control a cannon ball's angle and speed to try to hit a house	cannon, simulation, gravity, animation
HowTo: Draw simulated snow	snow, screen saver
HowTo: Capture video from a video device such as a Webcam with VB .NET	video, capture, Webcam. VB.NET
HowTo: Capture video from a video device such as a Webcam	video, capture, Webcam
HowTo: Animate a series of bitmaps stored in an ImageList	animation, bitmap, animate, multimedia
HowTo: Animate a series of bitmaps stored in in PictureBoxes	animation, bitmap, animate, multimedia
How To: Play an MP3 audio file	multimedia, MP3, audio, sound

General

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Add a DrawRectangle method to the Graphics class that takes a RectangleF as a parameter in Visual Basic .NET	extension methods, Graphics class, graphics, DrawRectangle, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make an owner-drawn ListView control that draws server status information in Visual Basic .NET	controls, graphics, ListView, owner draw, owner draws, OwnerDraw, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Save an image of the computer's screen using managed methods in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, form image, control image, get form image, get control image
HowTo: Get the image of a control or form, or a form's client area in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, form image, control image, get form image, get control image
HowTo: Let the user drag an image with transparent pixels over a background image in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, drag image, drag picture, image, picture, transparent, transparency, animation
HowTo: Make a scribble application with VB .NET that automatically redraws when necessary	VB.NET, drawing, scribble, redraw, autoredraw
Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Graphics Programming: What Readers Have Done	graphics, drawing, printing, image processing, ray tracing, animation, curve fitting
HowTo: Find the shortest distance between two line segments	segment, distance, geometry
HowTo: Set a form's client area size in Visual Basic .NET	size, client area, ClientSize, form, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that the user can drag with the mouse (as Adobe Acrobat Reader does)	scrolled window, drag, drag window, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat
HowTo: Write a DLL in Visual Basic .NET that saves images in different formats (GIF, JPG, etc.) and call it from Visual Basic 6	VB .NET, VB 6, Visual Basic 6, DLL, save image, GIF, JPG, JPEG
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it to the clipboard and/or a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray, clipboard
HowTo: Grab an image of part of the desktop and save it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray
HowTo: Hide and then grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Grab the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the PolyPolyline API function to draw lots of lines quickly	polyline, PolyPolyline, graphics
HowTo: Use a scrolled window in VB .NET	scrolled window, scroll bars
HowTo: Grab the desktop image	desktop image, background
HowTo: Save and display images in a database using a PictureBox	database, image, picture, PictureBox
HowTo: Display images with file names stored in a database	database, image, picture, filename, file name
HowTo: Save and restore pictures in a database using ADO with AppendChunk and GetChunk	database, AppendChunk, GetChunk
Talk: Fun With GDI+	GDI+, graphics, drawing, VB .NET, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Studio .NET
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP files	JPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speed
HowTo: Make a scribble application with VB .NET	VB.NET, drawing, scribble
HowTo: Load an image and save it in a different image format (GIF, JPG, TIFF, etc.) in VB .NET	image, VB.NET, type, BMP, bitmap, GIF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, PNG, EMF, WMF, ICO, icon, Exif
HowTo: Tile a form with an image	form, tile, background
HowTo: Get the screen's current resolution	screen, resolution, size
HowTo: Make a scrolled window	scrolled window
Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Graphics Programming: Selecting High Color	graphics, drawing, printing, image processing, ray tracing, animation, curve fitting
Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Graphics Programming: High Color	graphics, drawing, printing, image processing, ray tracing, animation, curve fitting
Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Graphics Programming	graphics, drawing, printing, image processing, ray tracing, animation, curve fitting
Ready-to-Run Visual Basic Graphics Programming	graphics, drawing, printing, image processing, ray tracing, animation, curve fitting

Drawing

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Puzzle: find the equilateral triangles in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, games, graphics, mathematics, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Puzzle: find the equilateral triangles in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, games, graphics, mathematics, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill a shape drawn by the user with random lines in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, lines, fill shape, user-drawn shape, random lines, random, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text filled with random colored circles in Visual Basic 6	random, random circles, fonts, circle filled text, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make a second version of the kaleidoscope program in Visual Basic .NET	kaleidoscope, drawing, art, graphics, transformations, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user zoom and scroll a picture drawn by the program in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, drawing, zoom, pan, scale, ScaleTransform, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use a Complex class to draw the Mandelbrot set easily in Visual Basic .NET	Mandelbrot set, fractal, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, Visual Basic
HowTo: Use a Complex class to draw the Mandelbrot set easily in Visual Basic 6	Mandelbrot set, fractal, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic
HowTo: Scale a drawing so it fits a target area in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, drawing, transformation, transform, scale, scaling, translation, translate, ScaleTransform, TranslateTransform, math, mathematics, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use double buffering to prevent flicker when drawing graphics in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, buffer, double buffer, double buffering, double-buffering, curve, butterfly, butterfly curve, algorithms, fractals, colors, math, mathematics, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user draw polygons in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, polygons, draw polygons, drawing, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text flipped vertically, horizontally, or both in Visual Basic .NET	Graphics object, Scale, flip, DrawString, text, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Make a drawing application in VB .NET	draw, drawing, Drawable, serialization, XmlSerializer
HowTo: Simulate a robot arm with three rotating joints and a hand using XAML code	robot, robotics, arm, drawing, XAML, WPF
HowTo: Simulate a robot arm with three rotating joints in Visual Basic .NET	robot, robotics, arm, drawing, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a simple drawing program with a "snap to" grid and rules in Visual Basic .NET	drawing, graphics, grid, snap to, snapto, ruler, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a simple drawing program with a "snap to" grid and rules in Visual Basic 6	drawing, graphics, grid, snap to, snapto, ruler, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic Classic
HowTo: Let the user click to draw markers on a map in Visual Basic 2005	drawing, map, marker, Paint, Visual Basic 2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a line control in Visual Basic 2005	line control, custom control, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Flood fill areas using safe and unsafe methods in Visual Basic .NET	flood, floodfill, VB.NET, safe, unsafe
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, circular region, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Draw a rubberband rectangle with XAML in Visual Basic 2008	XAML, WPF, Visual Basic 2008, rubberband, rubberband rectangle
HowTo: Draw a rubberband line with XAML in Visual Basic 2008	XAML, WPF, Visual Basic 2008, rubberband, rubberband line
HowTo: Draw a rubberband ellipse with XAML in Visual Basic 2008	XAML, WPF, Visual Basic 2008, rubberband, rubberband ellipse
HowTo: Draw a rubberband circle centered at a starting point with XAML in Visual Basic 2008	XAML, WPF, Visual Basic 2008, rubberband, rubberband circle
HowTo: Make a scribble application with XAML in Visual Basic 2008	XAML, WPF, Visual Basic 2008, scribble, drawing
HowTo: Draw a Buddhabrot fractal in Visual Basic 6	fractal, buddhabrot, mandelbrot, iterated system
HowTo: Draw a anti-Buddhabrot fractal in Visual Basic 2005	fractal, anti-buddhabrot, buddhabrot, mandelbrot, iterated system
HowTo: Draw a Buddhabrot color map fractal in Visual Basic 2005	fractal, buddhabrot color map, buddhabrot, mandelbrot, iterated system
HowTo: Draw a Buddhabrot fractal in Visual Basic 2005	fractal, buddhabrot, mandelbrot, iterated system
HowTo: Use a Pen object's CompoundArray property to give the pen longitudinal stripes in Visual Basic 2005	Pen, CompoundArray, longitudinal stripes, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Draw a colored butterfly curve in VB .NET	graphics, curve, butterfly, butterfly curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a colored chrysanthemum curve in VB .NET	graphics, curve, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Preview and print a core sample report with Visual Basic 2005	print, preview, core sample, VB 2005
HowTo: Preview and print a core sample report using custom fill patterns with Visual Basic 2005	print, preview, core sample, VB 2005
HowTo: Draw samples of hatch patterns in Visual Basic 6	FillStyle, hatch, hatch pattern, Visual Basic, graphics
HowTo: Determine whether a polygon is convex in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, convex, concave, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Find the orientation of a polygon (clockwise or counterclockwise) in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, orientation, clockwise, counterclockwise, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Break a polygon into triangles in Visual Basic .NET	triangulate, triangle, polygon, geometry, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine whether a point is inside a polygon in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, point, inside, contains, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Calculate a polygon's area in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, area, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Find a polygon's centroid (center of mass) in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, centroid, center of mass, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a visible grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag, snapto
HowTo: Draw text that sits horizontally but with a baseline that follows a curve	text, curve, wave, wavy
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic .NET	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a background with a rotating color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	color gradient, moving gradient, rotating gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic 6	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use transformations to draw a rotated ellipse in Visual Basic 6	transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Draw samples of the available dash caps in Visual Basic .NET	DashCap, dash, dash caps, GetValues, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a background with a moving color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	color gradient, moving gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill text with a moving color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	text, color gradient, moving gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a background grid on a form in Visual Basic 2005	background grid, grid, form, BackgroundImage, VB 2005
HowTo: Draw and order simple objects (rectangle, circle, etc.) and let the user click them	drawing, object, rectangle, circle, order, to top, to bottom
HowTo: Slowly fill a circle with color from bottom to top in Visual Basic .NET	circle, ellipse, fill circle, fill ellipse, VB.NET, animation
HowTo: Display predefined system pens in Visual Basic .NET	pen, system pen, SystemPens, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Display join styles in Visual Basic .NET	join styles, LineJoin, line, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Display predefined system colors in Visual Basic .NET	color, system color, SystemColors, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Display predefined system brushes in Visual Basic .NET	brush, system brush, SystemBrushes, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Display predefined system icons in Visual Basic .NET	icon, system icon, SystemIcons, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a regular polygon in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, regular polygon, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a five-pointed star in Visual Basic .NET	star, five-pointed star, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill a polygon with a PathGradientBrush in Visual Basic .NET	path gradient, gradient, PathGradientBrush, fill, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a spline "by hand" in VB .NET	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw a fractal Pickover strange attractor using an incremental color scheme in VB.NET	Barnsley's Fern, fractal, iterated functions, iterated function system, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw an interesting curved Truchet Tiling	Truchet Tiling, curve, draw, graphics, tile, tiling
HowTo: Draw an interesting colored curved Truchet Tiling	Truchet Tiling, curve, draw, graphics, tile, tiling
HowTo: Draw an interesting curved Truchet Tiling in Visual Basic .NET	Truchet Tiling, curve, draw, graphics, tile, tiling, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a kaleidoscope program	kaleidoscope, drawing, art
HowTo: Make a kaleidoscope program in Visual Basic .NET	kaleidoscope, drawing, art
HowTo: Make a labeled line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines in VB .NET	labeled line symbiote, rubberband line, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines in VB .NET	line symbiote, rubberband line, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a warped path in VB .NET	path, GraphicsPath, warp, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a filled polygon	polygon, fill, filled polygon
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines	line symbiote, rubberband line, draw
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw labeled rubberband lines	labeled line symbiote, rubberband line, draw
HowTo: Draw a filled polygon in VB .NET	polygon, fill, filled polygon, VB.NET
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a picture in Windows XP	Rich Text, RTF, RichTextBox, overlay, picture
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons	star, polygon
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons in VB .NET	star, polygon, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a rubberband rectangle with and without double buffering in VB .NET
HowTo: Draw a smooth closed curve	smooth curve, smooth closed curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a smooth curve	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a Bezier curve	Bezier curve, spline, smooth, curve
HowTo: Draw a smooth closed curve by hand in VB .NET	smooth curve, smooth closed curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a Bezier curve by hand in VB .NET	Bezier curve, spline, smooth, curve
HowTo: Draw a smooth curve by hand in VB .NET	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw an hypotrochoid (and hypocycloid) in VB .NET	hypotrochoid, hypocycloid, curve
HowTo: Draw an epitrochoid (and epicycloid) in VB .NET	epitrochoid, epicycloid, curve
HowTo: Draw a butterfly curve	graphics, curve, butterfly, butterfly curve
HowTo: Draw a butterfly curve in VB .NET	graphics, curve, butterfly, butterfly curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a chrysanthemum curve	graphics, curve, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum curve
HowTo: Draw a chrysanthemum curve in VB .NET	graphics, curve, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a centered circle whenever the user resizes a form in VB .NET	VB.NET, circle, center, resize, Paint, GDI+
HowTo: Use the Invalidate method to draw a centered circle whenever the user resizes a form in VB .NET	VB.NET, circle, center, resize, Paint, GDI+
HowTo: Position tab stops while drawing text in VB .NET	tabs, VB .NET, drawing, layout rectangle, StringFormat
HowTo: Draw a bar-style meter on a PictureBox	meter, bar, PictureBox
HowTo: Draw on an MDI parent's background in VB .NET	MDI, MDI parent, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) in VB .NET	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken, VB.NET
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.)	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken
HowTo: Experiment with shapes, colors, and fill styles	shape, FillColor, BackColor, border color
HowTo: Draw a fractal Pickover strange attractor	fractal, Pickover, Pickover attractor, strange attractor
HowTo: Draw a fractal Mandelbrot set in VB.NET	fractal, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set
HowTo: Draw a fractal Hilbert curve in VB.NET	fractal, Hilbert curve
HowTo: Draw a fractal binary tree in VB.NET	fractal, binary tree, tree
HowTo: Draw a fractal Pickover strange attractor in VB.NET	fractal, Pickover, Pickover attractor, strange attractor
HowTo: Draw a fractal Hilbert curve	fractal, Hilbert curve
HowTo: Draw a fractal binary tree	fractal, binary tree, tree
HowTo: Draw a fractal Mandelbrot set	fractal, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set
HowTo: Draw text in XOR mode and with other raster operations	XOR, text, raster operations, raster ops
HowTo: List the HatchStyle values defined by VB .NET	Enum, reflection, HatchStyle
HowTo: Draw transformed text in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw untransformed text at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that is rotated but otherwise untransformed at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Set a scaling transformation on a Graphics object and map mouse positions back into world coordinates in VB .NET	VB.NET, scale, scalemode, scalex, scaley, graph, transform, transformation, invert, inverse
HowTo: Generate random colors in Visual Basic 6	color, random color, RGB, QBColor
HowTo: Demonstrate the Graphics object's drawing methods in VB .NET	draw, drawing, DrawLine, DrawLines, DrawPath, DrawEllipse, DrawPie, DrawRectangle, DrawRectangles, DrawArc, DrawPolygon, DrawString, DrawBezier, DrawBeziers, DrawClosedCurve, DrawCurve, DrawImage
HowTo: Demonstrate the Graphics object's filling methods in VB .NET	fill, filling, fill area, FillPath, FillPie, FillPolygon, FillRectangle, FillRectangles, FillClosedCurve, FillEllipse
HowTo: Generate random colors in VB .NET	color, random color, QBColor, FromArgb, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a transparent analog clock	click, SetWindowRgn, transparent, analog
HowTo: Draw lines that are filled with a hatch pattern in VB .NET	Brush, Pen, HatchBrush, drawing, DrawHatchLine
HowTo: Use a LinearGradientBrush with and without gamma correction in VB .NET	LinearGradientBrush, GammaCorrection, gamma correction, color, drawing, blend
HowTo: Draw lines on top of a gradient Brush in VB .NET	Brush, Pen, PathGradientBrush
HowTo: Make a LinearGradientBrush that blends three colors in VB .NET	LinearGradientBrush, ColorBlend, color, drawing, blend
HowTo: Draw lines with standard start and end caps in VB .NET	line caps, start cap, end cap, StartCap, EndCap
HowTo: Draw lines with custom start and end caps in VB .NET	line caps, start cap, end cap, StartCap, EndCap
HowTo: Draw lines that lie along a color gradient in VB .NET	Brush, Pen, LinearGradientBrush, color, blend, drawing, DrawGradientLine
HowTo: Draw a rounded rectangle	rounded rectangle, RoundRect
HowTo: Let the user select an irregular area and copy it to the clipboard	select, area, polygon, irregular area, clipboard
HowTo: Use a PictureBox's Image property to implement AutoRedraw in VB .NET	VB .NET, AutoRedraw, PictureBox, Image, Bitmap
HowTo: Generate a random QBColor value in VB .NET	VB .NET, QBColor, random, random color
HowTo: Map coloring	map coloring, color, region, 4-color, four-color
HowTo: Let the user draw an area and fill it with a image using a TextureBrush in VB .NET	TextureBrush, image, VB.NET, brush, fill, fill area
HowTo: Let the user draw a Bezier curve in VB .NET	Bezier, Bezier curve, curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Display the available hatch styles in VB .NET	HatchStyle, hatch style, VB.NET, brush
HowTo: Display the available dash styles in VB .NET	DashStyle, dash style, VB.NET, pen
HowTo: Display the standard linear gradient styles in VB .NET	LinearGradientMode, linear gradient, gradient, VB.NET, brush
HowTo: Find the equation of a quadratic curve passing through three points	quadratic curve, quadratic equation, curve, points
HowTo: Set a scaling transformation on a Graphics object in VB .NET	VB.NET, scale, scalemode, scalex, scaley, graph
HowTo: Display the SystemColors in Visual Basic .NET	SystemColors
HowTo: Let the user add and remove dots (or potentially other annotation) to a map	map, annotate, dot
HowTo: Draw a smooth curve that passes through several points in VB.NET	curve, DrawCurve, smooth curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw polygons in VB.NET	polygon, DrawPolygon, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines, arcs, pie slices, and text in VB.NET	rectangle, ellipse, line, arc, pie, pie slice, DrawRectangle, DrawEllipse, DrawLine, DrawArc, DrawPie, DrawString, VB.NET
HowTo: Use antialiasing to draw and fill smooth curves in VB.NET	antialias, alias, text, VB.NET
HowTo: Use antialiasing to draw smooth text in VB.NET	antialias, alias, text, VB.NET
HowTo: Use antialiasing to resize images smoothly in VB.NET	antialias, alias, image, resize, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a smooth closed curve that passes through several points and returns to its start in VB.NET	curve, DrawClosedCurve, smooth curve, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the PolyPolyline API function to draw lots of lines quickly	polyline, PolyPolyline, graphics
HowTo: Transform a Graphics object to map an area in world coordinates to device coordinates in VB .NET	transform, Graphics object, Graphics, world coordinates, device coordinates
HowTo: Graph a parametric function (X(t), Y(t)) in VB .NET	graph, parametric, parametric equations, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a geography game	map, flood game, FloodFill
HowTo: Demonstrate many useful techniques including backward and forward compatibility	compatibility, forward compatibility, backward compatibility, drawing, file, serialization, MRU list
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using a vertical bar gauge that seems to float above other applications in VB .NET	gauge, bar, bar gauge, floating bar gauge, TransparencyKey, monitor, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using a vertical gauge in VB .NET	gauge, bar, monitor, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using a vertical bar gauge in VB .NET	gauge, bar, bar gauge, monitor, VB.NET
HowTo: This editor lets you build, save, and restore a collection of points	point, load, edit, save
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using a vertical bar gauge	gauge, bar, monitor
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using a vertical gauge	gauge, bar, monitor
HowTo: Make a monitor that displays a value using bars floating over the desktop	gauge, bar, monitor, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Draw a 2D or 3D border in VB .NET	border, draw border, 3D, three-dimensional, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw a rotated ellipse	ellipse, rotate
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user modify a polygon with grab handles in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points in VB .NET	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user modify a polygon with grab handles	polygon, drag, grab handles
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw and drag shapes	shape, ellipse, rectangle, circle, drag, barrel, disk
HowTo: Draw Mandelbrot sets	Mandelbrot, fractal, chaos
HowTo: Draw a hypotrochoid	hypotrochoid, curve
HowTo: Draw a Bowditch curve (or Curve of Lissajous)	Bowditch, Lissajous, curve
HowTo: Draw a epitrochoid	epitrochoid, curve
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for an ellipsoid	contour, level curve, plot, ellipsoid
HowTo: Draw an eight-way symmetric picture	symmetry, symmetric picture
HowTo: Draw random non-overlapping rectangles without using API functions	drawing, rectangle, random
HowTo: Draw random non-overlapping rectangles	drawing, rectangle, random
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for a function with known derivatives in VB .NET	contour, level curve, plot
HowTo: Draw simple objects (rectangle, circle, etc.) using a single class and let the user click them	drawing, object, rectangle, circle
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that display standard system images (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.)	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Use standard system images (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.) to make a button	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Hatch a region with a non-standard hatch size	hatch region, fill
HowTo: Let the user draw lines and move their end points by using grab handles	line, end point, drag, drawing
HowTo: Let the user move a line's end points with grab handles	line, end point, drag, drawing
HowTo: Draw standard system buttons (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.)	frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll
HowTo: Draw simple objects (rectangle, circle, etc.) and let the user click them	drawing, object, rectangle, circle
HowTo: Draw a rubberband circle	rubberband, circle, user drawing
HowTo: Draw a bar gauge	bar gauge
HowTo: Draw a color gradient	color gradient, background
HowTo: Make a bar gauge ActiveX control	bar gauge, ActiveX control
HowTo: Draw a simple graph	graph, plot
HowTo: Let the user select an area using a rubberband box and place a new control there	rubber band, rubberband, rectangle, user drawing
HowTo: Draw a simple histogram	histogram, graph
HowTo: Draw an arc using the AngleArc API function in Windows NT	arc, angle, API
HowTo: Draw a circle through three points	circle, points, draw circle
HowTo: Enumerate the records in a Windows metafile (WMF) or enhanced metafile (EMF) in VB .NET	metafile, WMF, EMF, VB.NET, enumerate
HowTo: Fill areas "manually" using VB code	fill, floodfill
HowTo: Give an MDIForm a resizing background picture	MDI, background, draw, MDIForm
HowTo: Draw a simple graph with Visual Basic alone	graph, equation
HowTo: Graph a user-entered function by using Excel	graph, equation, scale, user-entered function, Excel
HowTo: Let the user scroll through a very long graph	graph, long graph, scroll
HowTo: Load data from a database and graph it	graph, data, database
HowTo: Graph a parameterized function X(t), Y(t)	graph, function, parameterized function
HowTo: Graph a function with parameters entered by the user using a convenient scale	graph, equation, scale
HowTo: Draw a continuous graph similiar to perfmon	graph, continuous graph, scroll, perfmon
HowTo: Draw a continuous graph similiar to perfmon in VB .NET	graph, continuous graph, scroll, perfmon
Talk: Fun With GDI+	GDI+, graphics, drawing, VB .NET, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Studio .NET
HowTo: Manage MDI children using a toolbar	MDI, background, draw, MDIForm, child
HowTo: Tile an MDIForm's background	MDI, MDIForm, background, tile
HowTo: Create a metafile	metafile, CreateMetaFile, drawing
HowTo: Draw on an MDI parent form's background	MDI, background, draw, MDIForm
HowTo: Overlay one image on another with alpha blending in VB .NET	alpha, alpha blending, transparent, translucent, semi-transparent
HowTo: Use a solid brush and a wide pen in VB .NET	brush, fill, solid brush, solidbrush, pen, wide pen, VB.NET
HowTo: Use a TextureBrush in VB .NET	brush, texturebrush, VB.NET
HowTo: Use stock pens and brushes in VB .NET	pen, brush, stock, stock pen, stock brush, VB.NET
HowTo: Make parts of a form transparent in VB .NET	form, transparent, VB.NET
HowTo: Save a picture into a file in VB .NET	PathGradientBrush, VB.NET, offset, center
HowTo: Fill an area with a PathGradientBrush in VB .NET, using an offset center	PathGradientBrush, VB.NET, offset, center
HowTo: Fill an area with a PathGradientBrush in VB .NET	PathGradientBrush, VB.NET
HowTo: Load a picture from a file in VB .NET	load picture, loadpicture, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill text with a LinearGradientBrush in VB .NET	filled text, lineargradientbrush, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a closed curve in VB .NET, filled with a hatch pattern and outlined with a custom dash pattern	hatched, closedcurve, closed curve, hatch, dash, dashed line, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert an image to GrayScale one pixel at a time in VB .NET	grayscale, pixel-by-pixel, VB.NET
HowTo: Change a form's opacity in VB .NET	form, Opacity, transparent, translucent, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a hatched ellipse in VB .NET	ellipse, circle, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw dashed lines with thickness greater than 1	dashed line, draw, dash
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for a function with known derivatives	contour, level curve, plot
HowTo: Use the API Pie function to draw pie slices	pie, pie slice
HowTo: Clip lines to the boundary of a text string	clip, clipping, text, lines, path
HowTo: Draw a circle using Line statements	circle, drawing, line
HowTo: Use the Ellipse API function	ellipse, API, circle
HowTo: Draw an arrowhead on a line	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw
HowTo: Draw arcs with arrow heads	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw, arc
HowTo: Let the user interactively draw lines with arrow heads	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw
HowTo: Make a simple scribble application	scribble, draw
HowTo: Make a scribble application using classes	scribble, draw, classes
HowTo: Set the drawing origin in a PictureBox	origin, drawing, ScaleMode
HowTo: Draw pie slices and see which the user clicks in VB .NET	pie slice, wedge, circle, click
HowTo: Draw pie slices in VB .NET	pie slice, wedge, circle
HowTo: Draw pie slices	pie slice, wedge, circle
HowTo: Draw pie slices and see which the user clicks	pie slice, wedge, circle, click
HowTo: Let the user select, move, or resize an area using a Shape control	rubberband, rectangle, user drawing, ellipse
HowTo: Draw ellipses by specifying their bounding boxes	ellipse, bound, box, bounding box
HowTo: Make an elliptical color gradient	ellipse, elliptical, gradient, color
HowTo: Fill a polygon with a color gradient	polygon, gradient text, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Rotate the points in a polygon	rotate, polygon, point
HowTo: Use the PolyPolygon API function to quickly draw a series of polygons	polygon, draw
HowTo: Use the Polygon API function to quickly draw a polygon	polygon, draw
HowTo: Tile a polygon with a picture	picture, tile, polygon, region
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with a picture	region, path, polygon, picture
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with text	text, region, path, polygon
HowTo: Draw lines on a picture and erase them	picture, SavePicture, erase, Cls
HowTo: Draw text on a picture and save the results into a file	text, picture, SavePicture
HowTo: Draw a cycloid using VB .NET	cycloid, curve
HowTo: Draw a cycloid	cycloid, curve
HowTo: Draw rubberband lines in VB .NET using DrawReversibleLine	rubberband, VB.NET, NET, redraw, AutoRedraw, DrawReversibleLine
HowTo: Let the user draw arcs	arc, circle, Atn, ATan3, arctangent
HowTo: Draw color gradients	color gradients, gradients
HowTo: Draw rubberband lines in VB .NET	rubberband, VB.NET, NET, redraw, AutoRedraw
HowTo: Draw arrows	arrow, arrowhead, lines
HowTo: Draw a dashed polyline	polyline, dashed, draw
HowTo: Let the user move and modify multiple polygons with grab handles	polygons, drag, grab handles, object-oriented design, classes, objects
HowTo: Draw a rubberband star	rubberband, star, user drawing
HowTo: Draw a rubberband ellipse	rubberband, ellipse, user drawing
HowTo: Draw a rubberband rectangle	rubberband, rectangle, user drawing
HowTo: Draw a rubberband line	rubberband, line, user drawing
HowTo: Draw interesting symmetric patterns	symmetry, drawing, patterns
HowTo: Make a numeric field	arc, circle, Atn, ATan3, arctangent

Printing

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Select a printer resolution such as Draft or High in Visual Basic .NET	printing, printers, resolution, printer resolution, draft, set printer resolution, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user select a printer and then send a printout directly to it in Visual Basic .NET	printing, printers, send to printer, printout, select printer, pick printer, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Send a printout directly to a specific printer in Visual Basic .NET	printing, printers, send to printer, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Control the print preview dialog to change its size, scale, colors, and more in Visual Basic .NET	printing, preview, PrintDocument, print, PrintPreviewDialog, print preview, scale, zoom, auto, maximize, rows, columns, graphics, PrintPage
HowTo: List the fonts available to the printer in Visual Basic 6	printing, font, list fonts, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Print the contents of a ListBox left aligned, centered, or right aligned in Visual Basic 2005	print, ListBox, print preview, align, alignment, center, right align, left align, StringFormat, PrintDocument, PrintPage event
HowTo: Make a print preview displaying a grid of data with alternating row colors in Visual Basic 2005	print, print preview, VB 2005, grid, rows, color
HowTo: Preview and print a core sample report with Visual Basic 2005	print, preview, core sample, VB 2005
HowTo: Preview and print a core sample report using custom fill patterns with Visual Basic 2005	print, preview, core sample, VB 2005
HowTo: Easily print grid-like data in Visual Basic .NET	grid, print, print grid, data, VB.NET
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView control across multiple pages	ListView, print, multipage, multi-page
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's data across multiple pages vertically and horizontally	FlexGrid, print, grid, multi-page, multiple pages
HowTo: Print text on an odd piece of paper	print, paper, unusual paper
HowTo: Provide print preview	print, print preview
HowTo: Provide print preview with different scales	print, print preview, scale
HowTo: Print a long series of paragraphs in different fonts, breaking across pages in VB .NET	print, preview, text, long text, print preview, VB .NET
HowTo: Print text one line at a time to a line printer	line printer, print,
HowTo: Print a rounded rectangle	rounded rectangle, print, RoundRect
HowTo: Print an Excel worksheet displayed in an OLE container object	OLE, print, Excel, OLE container
HowTo: Print a form's decorated image in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image
HowTo: Save a form's decorated image into a bitmap file in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, save form image
HowTo: Make a RichTextBox print WYSIWYG text	RTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, WYSIWYG, print, printing
HowTo: Save or print a form's image with or without decoration in VB .NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image, save form image
HowTo: Print a form's image in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image
HowTo: Save a form's image into a bitmap file in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, save form image
HowTo: Print pages in portrait and landscape orientations in VB .NET	print, landscape, portrait, VB.NET
HowTo: Preview and print the contents of the WebBrowser control	WebBrowser, print, print preview, preview
HowTo: Print multiline text at a specific location on a form or printer by using the ScaleLeft property	print, multiline, ScaleLeft, align, printer
HowTo: Print a drawing centered on the printer in VB .NET	print, preview, center, print preview, VB .NET
HowTo: Print a drawing that is centered and stretched to fit the page in VB .NET	print, preview, center, stretch, fit, print preview, VB .NET
HowTo: Print and display print previews in VB .NET	print, preview, print preview, VB .NET
HowTo: Use DDE to print PDF files	DDE, PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat
HowTo: Print a form's Labels and TextBoxes	PrintForm, print form, Label, TextBox
HowTo: Print a centered image of a form in Landscape mode	PrintForm, print form
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView control	ListView, print
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's data	FlexGrid, print, grid
HowTo: Print data from a database	database, print
HowTo: Print a multi-page picture	print, big picture, large picture
HowTo: Print a string on the printer with word wrap	print, printer, word wrap, TextWidth
HowTo: Get a printer's DRIVER_INFO_2 information	printer, driver, driver information, DRIVER_INFO_2
HowTo: Show a print preview for a RichTextBox that uses multiple fonts	RichTextBox, scroll, line, print, preview
HowTo: List installed printers in VB .NET	printers, installed printers, VB .NET
HowTo: List available printers and select one	printer, select printer, list printers
HowTo: Print text that follows a curve	print, text, curve, rotate
HowTo: Print rotated text using TextOut	print, rotate, text
HowTo: Print rotated text on the printer using PaintPicture	print, rotate, text, PaintPicture
HowTo: List screen and printer fonts	font, text, printer, screen
HowTo: Print a PictureBox and any controls that are on top of or inside it	PictureBox, print, keybd_event, fit to printer
HowTo: Print a centered picture as large as possible without distortion	PictureBox, picture, print, center, aspect ratio
HowTo: Print a picture centered	PictureBox, picture, print
HowTo: Print a picture	PictureBox, picture, print
HowTo: Print multiline text at a specific location on a form or printer	print, multiline, preview
HowTo: See if a printer is a PostScript printer	printer, PostScript

Color

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Draw text filled with random colored circles in Visual Basic 6	random, random circles, fonts, circle filled text, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use LinearGradientBrushes in Visual Basic .NET	LinearGradientBrush, linear gradient brush, gradient brush, color gradient, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Map numeric values to colors in a rainbow in Visual Basic 6	graphics, colors, map values to colors, map values, Visual Basic 6, VB6
HowTo: Map numeric values to colors in a rainbow in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, colors, map values to colors, map values, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Overlay one picture on another in Visual Basic 2008	overlay, transparent, image processing, picture, VB.NET
HowTo: Use Microsoft's .NET Framework parallel extensions to generate Mandelbrot sets quickly in Visual Basic 2008	parallel extensions, parallel programming, multiple CPUs, multi-core, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, .NET, .NET Framework
HowTo: Draw samples of hatch patterns in Visual Basic 6	FillStyle, hatch, hatch pattern, Visual Basic, graphics
HowTo: Draw rainbow shaded text in Visual Basic .NET	color, rainbow, text, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill an ellipse with a color gradient	ellipse, color, color gradient, LinearGradientBrush, fill, VB.NET
HowTo: Slowly fill a circle with color from bottom to top in Visual Basic .NET	circle, ellipse, fill circle, fill ellipse, VB.NET, animation
HowTo: Display predefined system colors in Visual Basic .NET	color, system color, SystemColors, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a series of color samples	color, color sample, pick color
HowTo: Convert almost white pixels to white	pixels, color, convert, color conversion
HowTo: Display samples of the colors defined in VBRUN.SystemColorConstants	color, system colors, VBRUN, SystemColorConstants
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to display an image's red, green, and blue components in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to swap the red, green, and blue components of an image in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to adjust an image's brightness in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, brightness, ColorMatrix, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to gamma correct an image in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, gamm, gamm correction, ColorMatrix, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw a color wheel in VB .NET	histogram, bar chart, graph, VB.NET
HowTo: Remap a color in an image in VB .NET	image processing, remap color, color, VB .NET
HowTo: Generate random colors in Visual Basic 6	color, random color, RGB, QBColor
HowTo: Add a watermark to an image	watermark, image, image processing
HowTo: Add a watermark to an image in VB .NET	watermark, image, image processing
HowTo: Generate a random QBColor value in VB .NET	VB .NET, QBColor, random, random color
HowTo: Set the system's colors (window background, highlight, text, etc.)	system color, color
HowTo: Draw lines of text with random colors	color, text, random colors
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background color	TreeView, background, background color, backcolor
HowTo: Display the SystemColors in Visual Basic .NET	SystemColors
HowTo: Make a geography game	map, flood game, FloodFill
HowTo: Use API functions to change a ProgressBar's foreground and background colors	ProgressBar, foreground, background, ForeColor, BackColor
HowTo: Use the color selection dialog with custom colors in VB .NET	color, select color, pick color, color selection, color selection dialog, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the color selection dialog in VB .NET	color, select color, pick color, color selection, color selection dialog, VB.NET
HowTo: Use system colors (active border, etc.) and respond when the system's colors change in VB .NET	color, system color, ActiveBorder, InactiveBorder, ActiveCaption
HowTo: See which part of a picture the mouse is over	picture, map, mouse over
HowTo: Use the API to let the user select a color	color, pick color, select color
HowTo: Use the CommonDialog control to select a color	CommonDialog, color, get color, select color, ShowColor
HowTo: Draw a color gradient	color gradient, background
HowTo: Display system colors, their Hex values, and their RGB equivalents	system color, palette, RGB
HowTo: Fill an irregular area with the FloodFill API function	flood, floodfill
HowTo: View and change the system's display mode	display mode, pixels, color depth
HowTo: View and change the system's display mode	display mode, pixels, color depth
HowTo: Get the system's color depth and screen size in pixels	color depth, pits per pixel, screen size
HowTo: Convert R, G, and B values into Visual Basic and Web hex colors	Web colors, Web palette, RGB, hex, hexadecimal
HowTo: Find the system's color depth (bits per pixel)	color, color depth, bits per pixel, bpp
HowTo: Make a palette of colors for Web use	Web colors, Web palette
HowTo: Convert HTML colors to and from Visual Basic colors	Web color, HTML color, color, VB color
HowTo: Change a Frame control's background color	Frame, control, BackColor, background, color
HowTo: Break a RGB color into its red, green, and blue components	RGB, color, components, separate
HowTo: Make an elliptical color gradient	ellipse, elliptical, gradient, color
HowTo: Fill a polygon with a color gradient	polygon, gradient text, SetWindowRgn, region
Tutorial: Map Coloring	map coloring, four color, map, five color
HowTo: Invert an RGB color	color, invert, RGB, complement
HowTo: Save and use custom color lists	colors, color lists
HowTo: Read and write an image's pixels using GetDIBits and SetDIBits	GetDIBits, SetDIBits, pixels, RGB
HowTo: Convert RGB values into HLS values and vice versa	RGB, HLS, color, convert
HowTo: Let the user select a color using the CommonDialog control or red, green, and blue sliders	CommonDialog, color, pick, select, RGB, slider
HowTo: Make a 216 color palette	colors, palette
HowTo: Shade objects with a color gradient	shade, gradient, color gradient

3D

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a continuously spinning cube by using XAML code in Visual Basic 2008	Visual Basic 2008, VB 2008, XAML, cube, rotate, spin, VB.NET
HowTo: Make and rotate a cube by using XAML code in Visual Basic 2008	Visual Basic 2008, VB 2008, XAML, cube, rotate
HowTo: Draw three interlocked 3-D blocks with Direct3D in Visual Basic 2005	Direct3D, DirectX, blocks, interlocked, hidden surface removal, z-buffer, Visual Basic 2005
Talk: Four Fascinating Features	regular expressions, cryptography, reflection, Direct3D, graphics, algorithms
HowTo: Draw a three-dimensional histogram with VB .NET	histogram, bar chart, graph, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a 2D or 3D border in VB .NET	border, draw border, 3D, three-dimensional, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for an ellipsoid	contour, level curve, plot, ellipsoid
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for a function with known derivatives in VB .NET	contour, level curve, plot
HowTo: Draw contour plots (level curves) for a function with known derivatives	contour, level curve, plot
Tutorial: Drawing Platonic Solids	Platonic solids, polyhedron, polytope, solid, tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, hexahedron
HowTo: Make a stellate geodesic sphere	graphics, stellate, geodesic, sphere, 3D
HowTo: Make a geodesic sphere	graphics, geodesic, sphere, 3D
HowTo: Make a 3-D solar system model, version 2	graphics, DirectX, Direct3D, solar system
HowTo: Make a 3-D solar system model	graphics, DirectX, Direct3D, solar system

Icons

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Display predefined system icons in Visual Basic .NET	icon, system icon, SystemIcons, drawing, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Set an application's Task Manager icon	icon, application icon, task manager
Tip: Icon Hell	icon, crash, missing icons, icon crash, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer
HowTo: Use a custom mouse icon at run time	mouse icon, mouse pointer, pointer, MousePointer
HowTo: Display the big and small icons associated with a file	icon, large icon, small icon
HowTo: Load a 32-bit icon into a picture	icon, 32-bit, load icon, LoadPicture
HowTo: Edit icons	icon, edit icon
HowTo: Make an icon editor by using the ImageList control's ExtractIcon method	icon, edit icon, ImageList, ExtractIcon
HowTo: Change a form's icon at run time in VB .NET	icon, VB .NET
HowTo: Set an application's icon in VB .NET	application icon, icon, VB .NET
HowTo: Make a custom gauge control with a toolbox bitmap in VB .NET	gauge, control, custom control, VB .NET, UserControl
HowTo: Get the icons associated with a file type	icon, file type icon
HowTo: Extract the large and small icons stored in an EXE or DLL file	extract icons
HowTo: Use a bitmap for an icon	bitmap, icon, image
HowTo: Load a bitmap and save it as an icon	bitmap, icon, image
HowTo: Display the standard icons used by MsgBox (exclamation, information, etc.) with LoadImage	icon, standard icon, MsgBox, exclamation, information, question, critical, winlogo, API, LoadImage
HowTo: Display the standard icons used by MsgBox (exclamation, information, etc.) with LoadIcon	icon, standard icon, MsgBox, exclamation, information, question, critical, winlogo, API, LoadIcon
HowTo: Create an icon file containing both 32x32 and 16x16 pixel icons	application, icon, graphics, 32x32, 16x16
HowTo: Make a full-featured icon editor with different color modes, hot spots, cut and paste, etc.	application, icon, graphics, 32x32
HowTo: Load an application's form and Task Manager icons from a resource file	icon, application icon, task manager, resource file
HowTo: Load an application's form and Task Manager icons from a resource file	icon, application icon, task manager, resource file

Text

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Draw text that's filled with smaller text in Visual Basic .NET	hollow text, GraphicsPath, path, text, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw hollow text in Visual Basic .NET	hollow text, GraphicsPath, path, text, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text flipped vertically, horizontally, or both in Visual Basic .NET	Graphics object, Scale, flip, DrawString, text, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Precisely determine the size of text drawn by a Graphics object in Visual Basic .NET	Graphics, DrawString, GraphicsPath, draw text, draw string, text, text size, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text stretched to fit a rectangle precisely in Visual Basic .NET	stretch text, Graphics, DrawString, GraphicsPath, draw text, draw string, text, text size, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw rainbow shaded text in Visual Basic .NET	color, rainbow, text, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that is clipped to a graphics path in Visual Basic .NET	text, path, clip
HowTo: Draw text that sits horizontally but with a baseline that follows a curve	text, curve, wave, wavy
HowTo: Create fonts easily by using the Font constructor that uses a prototype in Visual Basic .NET	Font, create font, font prototype, VB.NET
HowTo: Create fonts easily and interactively by using the Font constructor that uses a prototype in Visual Basic .NET	Font, create font, font prototype, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill text with a moving color gradient in Visual Basic .NET	text, color gradient, moving gradient, animation, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw rotated text centered at a point in Visual Basic 6	rotate text, center text, CreateFont
HowTo: Rotate text around a center in VB .NET	text, rotate, VB.NET
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a picture in Windows XP	Rich Text, RTF, RichTextBox, overlay, picture
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position	text, center text, font
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position in VB .NET	text, center text, font
HowTo: Make translucent text suitable for image watermarking in VB .NET	watermark, image, translucent, transparent, opacity, VB.NET
HowTo: Position tab stops while drawing text in VB .NET	tabs, VB .NET, drawing, layout rectangle, StringFormat
HowTo: Draw text filled with text	filled text, outline text, text, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Draw text in XOR mode and with other raster operations	XOR, text, raster operations, raster ops
HowTo: Use transformations to draw angled text in VB .NET	font, angled text, VB.NET, transformation, Graphics
HowTo: Draw transformed text in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw untransformed text at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that is rotated but otherwise untransformed at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Display samples of fonts in VB .NET	font, bold, underscore, underline, strikeout, strikethru, strikethrough, italic, InstalledFontCollection, installed fonts, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw mathematical equations with super scripts on a form	equation, superscript, math
HowTo: Draw text using different fonts for each character	text, font, random font
HowTo: Draw lines of text with random colors	color, text, random colors
HowTo: Draw text using an extra tall font	font, CreateFont, tall font, stretched font, text
HowTo: Draw rectangles, ellipses, lines, arcs, pie slices, and text in VB.NET	rectangle, ellipse, line, arc, pie, pie slice, DrawRectangle, DrawEllipse, DrawLine, DrawArc, DrawPie, DrawString, VB.NET
HowTo: Use antialiasing to draw smooth text in VB.NET	antialias, alias, text, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a form shaped using text and a PictureBox	CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form, outlined text
HowTo: Display rotated text on top of a PictureBox	rotated text, rotated font, CreateFont, PictureBox
HowTo: Display chemical symbols in a RichTextBox or on a form	symbol, chemical symbol, superscript, subscript
HowTo: Color HTML tags in a RichTextBox	color tags, HTML
HowTo: Fill text with a LinearGradientBrush in VB .NET	filled text, lineargradientbrush, VB.NET
HowTo: Clip lines to the boundary of a text string	clip, clipping, text, lines, path
HowTo: Draw rotated text	rotate, text, CreateFont
HowTo: Draw rotated text in VB .NET	rotate, text, CreateFont, font, VB .NET
HowTo: Position text rotated 90 degrees	position text, rotate,
HowTo: Draw hollow text	hollow text, text, path
HowTo: Place non-rotated letters along an elliptical path	text, ellipse, path
HowTo: Draw a font at different sizes	font, text, size
HowTo: Make selected text blink in a PictureBox	blink, text, PictureBox, color, flash
HowTo: Make a label blink	blink, label, color, flash
HowTo: Draw outlined text without using the API	outline, text, API
HowTo: Draw text on a picture and save the results into a file	text, picture, SavePicture
HowTo: Draw text centered on a picture	PictureBox, text, center, picture
HowTo: Rotate text in a Caption	text, rotate, Caption
HowTo: Draw text that shades letter by letter from one color to another	text, shade, color gradient
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow safely when the mouse is over it	label, shadow, mouse, GetCursorPos, ScreenToClient
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow simply when the mouse is over it	label, shadow, mouse
HowTo: Display a Label control with a shadow	label, shadow
HowTo: Draw text with a shadow	draw text, label, shadow
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a picture	Rich Text, ETF, RichTextBox, overlay, picture
HowTo: Make a text-shaped form in VB .NET	shaped form, text-shaped form, Region
HowTo: Draw text filled with a color gradient in VB .NET	filled text, outline text, text, region, SetClip, FillPath, color, gradient
HowTo: Draw text filled with text in VB .NET	filled text, outline text, text, region, SetClip, FillPath
HowTo: Draw text filled with lines in VB .NET	filled text, outline text, text, region, SetClip, FillPath, DrawLine
HowTo: Draw text filled with lines in VB .NET	filled text, outline text, text, region, SetClip, FillPath, DrawLine
HowTo: Make an ActiveX rotated label control with transparent background	ActiveX, rotated text, label, transparent background
HowTo: Make a text-shaped form with outlined text	CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form, outlined text
HowTo: Make a text-shaped form	CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form
HowTo: Draw text filled with a color gradient	filled text, outline text, text, gradient text, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Draw text filled with lines	filled text, outline text, text, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region

Image Processing

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Copy part of an image into a new PictureBox in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, copy image, DrawImage, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one large picture inside another in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one picture inside another in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one large picture inside another in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one picture inside another in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert a Windows metafile (wmf file) to a PNG file in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, wmf file, png file, Windows metafile, metafile, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Display a Windows metafile (wmf file) in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, wmf file, Windows metafile, metafile, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use EXIF information to orient an image properly in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, orient image, orient picture, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Read an image file's EXIF orientation data in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Show samples of EXIF image orientations in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Measure distances on a map with a scale in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms graphics map measure map measure distances map scale example example program Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Measure distances on a map with a scale in Visual Basic 6	algorithms graphics map measure map measure distances map scale example example program Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Reduce the number of colors in a Bitmap and remap them to make interesting effects in Visual Basic 6	graphics, algorithms, colors, color depth, reduce color depth, Warhol, Andy Warhol, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Split an image into smaller image files in Visual Basic 6	image processing, graphics, split image, bitmap, split bitmap, save image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Reduce the number of colors in a Bitmap and remap them to make interesting effects in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, colors, color depth, reduce color depth, Warhol, Andy Warhol, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Split an image into smaller image files in Visual Basic .NET	image processing, graphics, split image, bitmap, split bitmap, save image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a fractal that is generated by applying rules to prime numbers in Visual Basic 6	graphics, fractals, primes, prime numbers, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Draw a fractal that is generated by applying rules to prime numbers in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, fractals, primes, prime numbers, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Perform a flood fill on an area with approximate uniform color in Visual Basic .NET	flood, flood fill, graphics, color, approximate color, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a picture tiles jigsaw game in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, games, picture, tiles, image, DrawImage, jigsaw, puzzle, game, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a close-up window for an image in Visual Basic 6	closeup, close-up, closeup window, close-up window, zoom, picture, image, details, Visual Basic 6, VB6
HowTo: Make a close-up window for an image in Visual Basic .NET	closeup, close-up, closeup window, close-up window, zoom, picture, image, details, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Write a method that saves images in an appropriate format depending on the file name's extension in Visual Basic .NET	save file, save image, save bitmap, save picture, file extension, png, bmp, jpg, jpeg, gif, tiff, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Save an image of the computer's screen using managed methods in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, form image, control image, get form image, get control image
HowTo: Get the image of a control or form, or a form's client area in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, form image, control image, get form image, get control image
HowTo: Overlay one picture on another in Visual Basic 2008	overlay, transparent, image processing, picture, VB.NET
HowTo: Save a picture into a JPEG at a desired size in Visual Basic 2005	save picture, save image, size, jpeg, jpg, compress, VB .NET
HowTo: Use the BitmapBytesRGB24 class to apply an embossing filter to an image very quickly in Visual Basic 2005	BitmapBytesRGB24, LockBits, UnlockBits, image processing, filter image, emboss, embossing filter, VB.NET
HowTo: Use Microsoft's .NET Framework parallel extensions to apply an embossing filter to an image very quickly in Visual Basic 2008	parallel, multi-threading, threading, BitmapBytesRGB24, LockBits, UnlockBits, image processing, filter image, emboss, embossing filter, VB.NET
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 2005	crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NET
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 6	crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic
HowTo: Resize all of the graphic files in a directory in Visual Basic 6	graphics, resize picture, resize image, directory, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Resize all of the graphic files in a directory in Visual Basic 2005	graphics, resize picture, resize image, directory, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Let the user drag a picture with the mouse or move it with the arrow keys	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use BitBlt to repaint only the modified parts of the background	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use BitBlt to allow the user to drag it	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use PaintPicture to allow the user to drag it	drag picture, PaintPicture
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, circular region, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use a loop to load pictures into PictureBoxes in Visual Basic 2005	PictureBox, picture, LoadPicture, Bitmap, loop, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 4) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 6) in Visual Basic .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Rotate a picture by a multiple of 90 degrees in Visual Basic 6	rotate, picture, image, image processing, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 4) in VB .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image, VB.NET
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 3) in VB .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image, VB.NET
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 2) in VB .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image, VB.NET
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 1) in VB .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image, VB.NET
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 5) in Visual Basic .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 2) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 1) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 3) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Use DrawToBitmap to capture an image of a form in Visual Basic 2005	DrawToBitmap, form image, capture form image, VB 2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a Visual Basic .NET library that returns a picture to a Visual Basic 6 program	library, VB.NET, VB 6, Visual Basic 6, picture, DLL
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file	compose, composition, picture, PictureBox, PaintPicture
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file in Visual Basic .NET	TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that doesn't resize with the form	scrolled window, scrolling, scroll bars
HowTo: Morph from one image to another in Visual Basic .NET	image processing, morhp, VB .NET
HowTo: Warp images in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, warp, fish eye, twist, wave, VB.NET
HowTo: Capture the image of a Web page	Web page, image, capture, Internet Explorer
HowTo: Draw strange attractors (fractals) in Visual Basic .NET	strange attractor, fractal, equation, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw strange attractors (fractals)	strange attractor, fractal, equation, graphics
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^3 - 3^Z to draw fractals in Visual Basic .NET	Newton's method, non-polynomial function, root, function, fractal, VB .NET
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^2 - 2^Z to draw fractals in Visual Basic .NET	Newton's method, non-polynomial function, root, function, fractal, VB .NET
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^2 - 2^Z to draw fractals in Visual Basic 6	Newton's method, non-polynomial function, root, function, fractal
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^n - 1 to draw fractals in Visual Basic 6	Newton's method, polynomial, root, function, fractal
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^3 - 3^Z to draw fractals in Visual Basic 6	Newton's method, non-polynomial function, root, function, fractal
HowTo: Use Newton's method on the equation Z^n - 1 to draw fractals in Visual Basic .NET	Newton's method, polynomial, root, function, fractal, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to display an image's red, green, and blue components in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to swap the red, green, and blue components of an image in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Write a DLL in Visual Basic .NET that saves images in different formats (GIF, JPG, etc.) and call it from Visual Basic 6	VB .NET, VB 6, Visual Basic 6, DLL, save image, GIF, JPG, JPEG
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to adjust an image's brightness in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, brightness, ColorMatrix, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Use an ImageAttributes object to gamma correct an image in Visual Basic .NET	color, color components, gamm, gamm correction, ColorMatrix, ImageAttributes, VB .NET
HowTo: Calculate the XOR of two images	XOR, image, PaintPicture, image processing
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a picture in Windows XP	Rich Text, RTF, RichTextBox, overlay, picture
HowTo: Compare two images to find differences greater than a threshold value in VB .NET	image, bitmap, VB.NET, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Draw an image with gradient alpha (opacity) values in VB .NET	image processing, alpha, gradient, opacity, VB .NET
HowTo: Make translucent text suitable for image watermarking in VB .NET	watermark, image, translucent, transparent, opacity, VB.NET
HowTo: Remap a color in an image in VB .NET	image processing, remap color, color, VB .NET
HowTo: Make an image fade from one picture to another and back in VB .NET	image processing, alpha, opacity, fade, animation, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw an image with gradient alpha (opacity) values in VB .NET	image processing, alpha, gradient, opacity, VB .NET
HowTo: Fit a PictureBox to its non-transparent pixels in VB .NET	shaped picture, PictureBox, region
HowTo: Find the difference between two images in VB .NET	image, bitmap, VB.NET, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Compare two images to find differences	image, bitmap, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Find the difference between two images	image, bitmap, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Compare two images to find differences in VB .NET	image, bitmap, VB.NET, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture vertically	scroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scroll
HowTo: Load a picture so it doesn't lock the picture file in VB .NET	load picture, Bitmap, lock, lock file, sharing, file sharing
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it to the clipboard and/or a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray, clipboard
HowTo: Grab an image of part of the desktop and save it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG
HowTo: Make a tray icon that grabs an image of part of the desktop and saves it in a JPEG file on the desktop	desktop image, background, JPEG, JPG, try, system tray
HowTo: Overlay one picture on another	overlay, mask, picture, foreground, background
HowTo: Convert colors that are mostly red, green, or blue into a new color	mostly color, color, SetDIBits, GetDIBits
HowTo: Hide and then grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Stretch a PictureBox image to fit the control	stretch, image, resize
HowTo: Use an array of StdPicture objects to hold images without using a control	StdPicture, picture, image
HowTo: Display a picture at different scales by using PaintPicture	resize, PaintPicture, bitmap, scale
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay	desktop image, background, delay
HowTo: Grab the desktop image after a delay in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Grab the desktop image in VB .NET	desktop image, background, VB.NET
HowTo: Print a form's decorated image in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image
HowTo: Save a form's decorated image into a bitmap file in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, save form image
HowTo: Save or print a form's image with or without decoration in VB .NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image, save form image
HowTo: Print a form's image in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, print form image
HowTo: Save a form's image into a bitmap file in VB.NET	print screen, screen capture, form image, save form image
HowTo: Add a watermark to an image	watermark, image, image processing
HowTo: Draw animated shapes with transparent backgrounds stored in PictureBoxes	image processing, animation, animate, image, SetWindowRgn, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, GetBitmapPixels
HowTo: Draw animated shapes with transparent backgrounds	image processing, animation, animate, image, SetWindowRgn, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, GetBitmapPixels
HowTo: Add a watermark to an image in VB .NET	watermark, image, image processing
HowTo: Use a PictureBox's Image property to implement AutoRedraw in VB .NET	VB .NET, AutoRedraw, PictureBox, Image, Bitmap
HowTo: Let the user draw an area and fill it with a image using a TextureBrush in VB .NET	TextureBrush, image, VB.NET, brush, fill, fill area
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that controls picture transitions	picture, PictureBox, transition, image
HowTo: Get the system bitmaps for minimizing, restoring, ComboBox arrows, etc.	bitmap, image, system bitmap, system image
HowTo: Get size information from a GIF or JPG file without loading the whole picture	GIF, size, image size, GIF size
HowTo: Make a slide show screen saver in VB .NET	VB.NET, screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters
HowTo: Spin an image in VB .NET using DrawImage	spin, rotate, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Use alpha blending to overlay translucent text in VB .NET	alpha blend, overlay, translucent, transparent, VB.NET
HowTo: Pixelate areas on an image in VB .NET	pixelate, pixellate
HowTo: Make an owner drawn menu with bitmaps	owner draw menus, custom menus, bitmap, bold, underline, italic
HowTo: Let the user add and remove dots (or potentially other annotation) to a map	map, annotate, dot
HowTo: Build a calculate with an interesting skin-like appearance	calculator, skin, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Overlay one image on another with a transparent color by using PSet	PSet, overlay, transparent
HowTo: Use antialiasing to resize images smoothly in VB.NET	antialias, alias, image, resize, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert a picture to blue scale in three ways in VB .NET	blue scale, picture, VB .NET, image processing
HowTo: Use the GetDIBits and SetDIBits API functions to convert a picture to gray scale	GetDIBits, SetDIBits, gray scale, picture
HowTo: Use the GetDIBits and SetDIBits API functions to convert a picture to blue scale in three ways	GetDIBits, SetDIBits, blue scale, picture
HowTo: Stretch a picture to fill a PictureBox	stretch, picture, squeeze, resize
HowTo: Make a mask image for a picture with a "transparent" color	mask, transparent image, transparent color
HowTo: Manipulate image pixels very quickly using LockBits wrapped in a class in VB .NET	image, pixel, image processing, unmanaged array, LockBits, VB .NET
HowTo: Manipulate image pixels very quickly using LockBits in VB .NET	image, pixel, image processing, unmanaged array, LockBits, VB .NET
HowTo: Manipulate multiple images' pixels very quickly using LockBits wrapped in a class in VB .NET	image, pixel, image processing, unmanaged array, LockBits, VB .NET
HowTo: Make an 8-bit device independent bitmap (DIB) from scratch	DIB, CreateDIBitmap, bitmap, image
HowTo: Use the LoadImage API function to antialias an image and save the result into a file	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, LoadImage, resize, LoadPicture, SavePicture
HowTo: Resize a picture using PaintPicture and save it into a bitmap file	resize, PaintPicture, bitmap
HowTo: Resize an image with antialiasing using GetDIBits and SetDIBits	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, resize
HowTo: Let the user select an irregular area and overlay it on another picture in VB .NET	region, path, area, select, overlay, copy, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user select an irregular area and copy it to and from the clipboard in VB .NET	region, path, area, select, overlay, copy, VB.NET, transparent, clipboard
HowTo: Overlay an image on another using a simple mask	overlay, mask, picture, foreground, background
HowTo: Pixellate an image	pixellate, image, DIB, GetDIBits, SetDIBits
HowTo: Pixellate a rectangular area in an image	pixellate, image, DIB, GetDIBits, SetDIBits
HowTo: See which part of a picture the mouse is over	picture, map, mouse over
HowTo: Magnify the area under the mouse	mouse, magnify
HowTo: Find the brightness centroid of an image	centroid, brightness, image
HowTo: Apply image filters to a picture	filter, image processing, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, pixels, RGB
HowTo: Display a GIF with a transparent background without flashing	GIF, display GIF, flash
HowTo: Get a control's image	control image, clipboard, PrintForm
HowTo: Draw a color gradient	color gradient, background
HowTo: Make an elliptical ActiveX picture control	elliptical control, ActiveX control, picture control
HowTo: Grab the desktop image	desktop image, background
HowTo: Apply image filters to a picture in VB .NET	filter, image processing, pixels
HowTo: Darken an image using Point and PSet (shows how to perform simple image processing)	darken, brightness, darkness, Point, PSet
HowTo: Center an image, shrinking it to fit if necessary	center image, image, bitmap, picture, shrink, PaintPicture
HowTo: Save JPEG files with different levels of compression in VB .NET	JPEG, compress, compression, optimization
HowTo: Overlay one image on another with alpha blending in VB .NET	alpha, alpha blending, transparent, translucent, semi-transparent
HowTo: Save a picture into a file in VB .NET	PathGradientBrush, VB.NET, offset, center
HowTo: Overlay one picture on another using MakeTransparent in VB .NET	overlay, transparent, PaintPicture, VB.NET
HowTo: Load a picture from a file in VB .NET	load picture, loadpicture, VB.NET
HowTo: Use DrawImage to map the corners of an image into a parallelogram in VB .NET	DrawImage, copy picture, PaintPicture, VB.NET, map corners
HowTo: Convert an image to GrayScale one pixel at a time in VB .NET	grayscale, pixel-by-pixel, VB.NET
HowTo: Use DrawImage to map the corners of an image into a parallelogram in VB .NET, reflecting the image	DrawImage, copy picture, PaintPicture, VB.NET, map corners
HowTo: Copy one picture onto a location in another in VB .NET	DrawImage, copy picture, PaintPicture, VB.NET
HowTo: Copy part of an image onto another part of the image in VB .NET	DrawImage, copy picture, PaintPicture, VB.NET
HowTo: Brighten or darken a picture	picture, brighten, darken, brightness, image
HowTo: Make a picture-shaped form in VB .NET	picture-shaped form, shaped form, transparent, VB.NET
HowTo: Make buttons display the picture under them	button, picture, tile
HowTo: Quickly view animated GIF files	animated GIF, GIF, view, viewer
HowTo: Get a window's image using its hWnd in VB .NET	window, image, picture, hWnd, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the LoadImage API function to antialias an image and copy the result into an Image control	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, LoadImage, resize
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on it	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory, draw on it, and save the result in a bitmap file	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, pixels, save bitmap
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on its individual pixels	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, pixels
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw on it using a type structure	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, CreateFont, TextOut
HowTo: Create a bitmap in memory and draw text on it	memory bitmap, bitmap, CreateCompatibleDC, CreateCompatibleBitmap, CreateFont, TextOut
HowTo: The let user drag an image in VB .NET	image, drag, transparent
HowTo: Use BitBlt, StretchBlt, and PaintPicture and compare their speeds	BitBlt, StretchBlt, PaintPicture, performance, copy picture
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP files	JPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speed
HowTo: Resize an image in VB .NET	resize, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Let the user drag points to warp an image in VB .NET using DrawImage	warp, drag, rotate, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Flip an image and/or rotate it by a multiple of 90 degrees in VB .NET	rotate, flip, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Rotate an image in VB .NET using DrawImage	rotate, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Warp an image in VB .NET using DrawImage	warp, rotate, image, VB.NET, graphics
HowTo: Rotate a picture 90 degrees	rotate, image, picture, rotation, GetBitmapBits, SetBitmapBits
HowTo: Rotate a picture 90 degrees in VB .NET	rotate, image, picture, rotation, VB .NET
HowTo: Invert the colors in an image using VB .NET	VB .NET, graphics, image, grayscale, image processing
HowTo: Convert an image to grayscale using VB .NET	VB .NET, graphics, image, grayscale, image processing
HowTo: Let the user resize an image with the mouse	resize, image, mouse
HowTo: Use the LoadImage API function to antialias an image	antialias, anti-alias, anti alias, alias, LoadImage, resize
HowTo: Draw text centered on a picture	PictureBox, text, center, picture
HowTo: Print a centered picture as large as possible without distortion	PictureBox, picture, print, center, aspect ratio
HowTo: Print a picture centered	PictureBox, picture, print
HowTo: Print a picture	PictureBox, picture, print
HowTo: Fill a large area one pixel at a time using SetBitmapBits	graphics, SetBitmapBits, GetBitmapBits, pixel
HowTo: Fill a large area one pixel at a time using SetBitmapBits	graphics, SetBitmapBits, GetBitmapBits, pixel
HowTo: Fill a large area one pixel at a time using a Bitmap object in VB.NET	graphics, SetPixel, .NET, pixel
HowTo: Fill a large area one pixel at a time using PSet	graphics, PSet, pixel
HowTo: Fill a PictureBox with a picture preserving its aspect ratio	picture, fit, stretch, aspect ratio, resize

Misc

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Puzzle: find the equilateral triangles in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, games, graphics, mathematics, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Puzzle: find the equilateral triangles in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, games, graphics, mathematics, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user select a TabControl tab by pressing accelerator keys such as Alt-B in Visual Basic .NET	controls, TabControl, tab control, tabs, owner drawn, owner draw, TabDrawMode, OwnerDrawFixed, C#, C# programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programming
HowTo: Display animated GIFs and change them at run time in Visual Basic .NET	animated GIF, example program, GIF, display animated GIF, Windows Forms programming, resources, example, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, change animated GIF, load animated GIF
HowTo: Make bitmap files containing numbers in circles in Visual Basic 2005	graphics, bitmap files, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Use DrawToBitmap to capture an image of a form in Visual Basic 2005	DrawToBitmap, form image, capture form image, VB 2005, VB.NET
HowTo: Download the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day and use it for wallpaper	wallpaper, desktop, SystemParametersInfo, APOTD, NASA, Astronomy Picture of the Day
HowTo: Draw rotated text centered at a point in Visual Basic 6	rotate text, center text, CreateFont
HowTo: Generate a file giving the dimensions of the JPEG files in a directory	picture, JPEG, dimensions, size
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file	compose, composition, picture, PictureBox, PaintPicture
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file in Visual Basic .NET	TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NET
HowTo: Display vertical and horizontal lines as a crosshair in C#	C#, csharp, c sharp, VB .NET, crosshair
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons	star, polygon
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons in VB .NET	star, polygon, VB.NET
HowTo: Store and retrieve an image in an Access database	Access, image, picture, memo
HowTo: Format dates and draw an analog clock	format date, clock, analog clock
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) in VB .NET	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken, VB.NET
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.)	PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken
HowTo: Let the user grab part of the screen	grab screen, capture screen
HowTo: Make a form that appears semi-transparent	semi-transparent, translucent, form
HowTo: Make a transparent analog clock	click, SetWindowRgn, transparent, analog
HowTo: Use a custom mouse icon at run time	mouse icon, mouse pointer, pointer, MousePointer
HowTo: Explore the Mandelbrot set in VB .NET	Mandelbrot, VB.NET
HowTo: Copy, cut, and paste pieces of a picture	copy, cut, paste, Clipboard, image, picture, piece, section, area, region
HowTo: Get the system bitmaps for minimizing, restoring, ComboBox arrows, etc.	bitmap, image, system bitmap, system image
HowTo: Use DDE to print PDF files	DDE, PDF, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat
HowTo: Let the user add and remove dots (or potentially other annotation) to a map	map, annotate, dot
HowTo: Build a calculate with an interesting skin-like appearance	calculator, skin, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Make a custom gauge control with a toolbox bitmap in VB .NET	gauge, control, custom control, VB .NET, UserControl
HowTo: Let the user graphically select a range of hours	time, hours, select hours
HowTo: Let the user select an irregular area and overlay it on another picture in VB .NET	region, path, area, select, overlay, copy, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user select an irregular area and copy it to and from the clipboard in VB .NET	region, path, area, select, overlay, copy, VB.NET, transparent, clipboard
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that asynchronously downloads images directly into a PictureBox	picture, PictureBox, download
HowTo: Magnify the area under the mouse	mouse, magnify
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that highlights itself when the mouse is over it	ActiveX control, highlight
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that highlights itself when the mouse is over it using WindowFromPointXY	ActiveX control, highlight, WindowFromPointXY
HowTo: Draw playing card images using cards32.dll	cards, playing cards, card games, games
HowTo: Copy and paste images to the Clipboard	clipboard, copy, paste, image
HowTo: Use Zlib and DIBs to save and restore compressed pictures in a database without using temporary files	DIB, picture, image, database, SetDIBits, GetDIBits, Zlib, compress
HowTo: Use DIBs to save and restore pictures in a database without using temporary files	DIB, picture, image, database, SetDIBits, GetDIBits
PictureSaver	screen saver, PictureSaver
HowTo: Write DXF files	DXF, CAD, drawing
HowTo: Print barcodes	barcodes

Properties

Title	Keywords
Tip: Retrieve a control's Picture property	picture, retrieve

Algorithms

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Draw an Apollonian gasket with circles filled by random colors in Visual Basic .NET	random colors, mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonian gasket, Apollonian packing, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw an Apollonian gasket (or Apollonian packing) in Visual Basic .NET	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonian gasket, Apollonian packing, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw an Apollonian gasket with circles filled by random colors in Visual Basic 6	random colors, mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonian gasket, Apollonian packing, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Draw an Apollonian gasket (or Apollonian packing) in Visual Basic 6	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonian gasket, Apollonian packing, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Find circles that are tangent to three given circles in Visual Basic .NET	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find circles that are tangent to three given circles in Visual Basic 6	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one large picture inside another in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one picture inside another in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one large picture inside another in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use steganography to hide one picture inside another in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, cryptography, mathematics, steganography, hidden images, hidden pictures, hide images, hide pictures, hidden messages, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use EXIF information to orient an image properly in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, orient image, orient picture, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Read an image file's EXIF orientation data in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Show samples of EXIF image orientations in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, files, image processing, EXIF, orientation, rotate image, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Measure distances on a map with a scale in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms graphics map measure map measure distances map scale example example program Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Measure distances on a map with a scale in Visual Basic 6	algorithms graphics map measure map measure distances map scale example example program Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Draw a Sierpinski fractal curve in Visual Basic .NET	example program, Sierpinski curve, space-filling curve, example, Windows Forms programming, fractal, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Reduce the number of colors in a Bitmap and remap them to make interesting effects in Visual Basic 6	graphics, algorithms, colors, color depth, reduce color depth, Warhol, Andy Warhol, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Reduce the number of colors in a Bitmap and remap them to make interesting effects in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, colors, color depth, reduce color depth, Warhol, Andy Warhol, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Fill a shape drawn by the user with random lines in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, lines, fill shape, user-drawn shape, random lines, random, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a Pickover popcorn fractal in Visual Basic 6	fractals, algorithms, mathematics, Pickover, Pickover fractal, Pickover popcorn, popcorn fractal, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Draw a Pickover popcorn fractal in Visual Basic .NET	fractals, algorithms, mathematics, Pickover, Pickover fractal, Pickover popcorn, popcorn fractal, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Draw a colored Pickover popcorn fractal in Visual Basic .NET	fractals, algorithms, mathematics, Pickover, Pickover fractal, Pickover popcorn, popcorn fractal, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Draw a colored Pickover popcorn fractal in Visual Basic 6	fractals, algorithms, mathematics, Pickover, Pickover fractal, Pickover popcorn, popcorn fractal, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Draw text that follows a curve in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, fonts, rotated text, text on segment, line segment, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that sits above or below a line segment in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, fonts, rotated text, text on segment, line segment, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find a least squares Weibull curve fit for a set of points in Visual Basic 6	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, curve fitting, least squares, Weibull, Weibull curve fit, Weibull least squares, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Find a least squares Weibull curve fit for a set of points in Visual Basic .NET	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, curve fitting, least squares, Weibull, Weibull curve fit, Weibull least squares, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find an exponential least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic 6	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, curve fitting, least squares, exponential, exponential curve fit, exponential least squares, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Find an exponential least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic .NET	mathematics, algorithms, graphics, curve fitting, least squares, exponential, exponential curve fit, exponential least squares, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find a linear least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, mathematics, least squares, linear least squares, curve fitting, graphics, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Find a polynomial least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic 6	algorithms, mathematics, least squares, polynomial least squares, curve fitting, graphics, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Find a polynomial least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, mathematics, least squares, polynomial least squares, curve fitting, graphics, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find a linear least squares fit for a set of points in Visual Basic .NET	algorithms, mathematics, least squares, linear least squares, curve fitting, graphics, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a vortex fractal with smoothly shaded colors in Visual Basic 6	graphics, fractals, vortex, vortex fractal, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic 6, VB6
HowTo: Draw a vortex fractal with smoothly shaded colors in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, fractals, vortex, vortex fractal, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a Mandelbrot set with smoothly shaded colors in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, fractals, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a Mandelbrot set with smoothly shaded colors in Visual Basic 6	graphics, fractals, Mandelbrot, Mandelbrot set, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic 6, VB6
HowTo: Use a Complex class to draw the Mandelbrot set easily in Visual Basic .NET	Mandelbrot set, fractal, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, Visual Basic
HowTo: Use a Complex class to draw the Mandelbrot set easily in Visual Basic 6	Mandelbrot set, fractal, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic
HowTo: Draw a vortex fractal in Visual Basic 6	graphics, fractals, vortex, vortex fractal, vortex set, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic 6, ` VB6
HowTo: Draw a vortex fractal in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, fractals, vortex, vortex fractal, vortex set, algorithms, complex, complex numbers, iterated system, iteration, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a picture tiles jigsaw game in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, games, picture, tiles, image, DrawImage, jigsaw, puzzle, game, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Find the tangent lines between two circles in Visual Basic 6	tangents, circle, tangent lines, geometry, graphics, algorithms, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use a PointF class to find the tangent lines between a point and a circle in Visual Basic 6	tangents, find tangents, find tangent lines, tangent lines, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, graphics, algorithms, PointF
HowTo: Find the tangent lines between a point and a circle in Visual Basic .NET	tangents, find tangents, find tangent lines, tangent lines, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET, graphics, algorithms
HowTo: Find the tangent lines between a point and a circle in Visual Basic 6	tangents, find tangents, find tangent lines, tangent lines, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, graphics, algorithms
HowTo: Determine whether a point lies inside a polygonal path in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, polygon, point, point in polygon, contains, polygon contains, polygon contains point, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine whether a point lies inside a polygon in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, polygon, point, point in polygon, contains, polygon contains, polygon contains point, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Plot a smiley face function in Visual Basic .NET	delegate, plot, graph, plot function, graph function, graphics, algorithms, smiley face, smiley, plot smiley face, graph smiley face, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Plot the equation of a function of two variables in Visual Basic .NET	graph, plot, graph equation, plot equation, graphics, algorithms, geometry, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine where two circles intersect in Visual Basic 6	circles, intersect, intersect two circles, intersections, find circle intersections, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Determine where two circles intersect in Visual Basic .NET	circles, intersect, intersect two circles, intersections, find circle intersections, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Simulate a robot arm with three rotating joints and a hand using XAML code	robot, robotics, arm, drawing, XAML, WPF
HowTo: Simulate a robot arm with three rotating joints in Visual Basic .NET	robot, robotics, arm, drawing, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the BitmapBytesRGB24 class to apply an embossing filter to an image very quickly in Visual Basic 2005	BitmapBytesRGB24, LockBits, UnlockBits, image processing, filter image, emboss, embossing filter, VB.NET
HowTo: Use Microsoft's .NET Framework parallel extensions to apply an embossing filter to an image very quickly in Visual Basic 2008	parallel, multi-threading, threading, BitmapBytesRGB24, LockBits, UnlockBits, image processing, filter image, emboss, embossing filter, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a circular closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 2005	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, circular region, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a map that shows a closeup of the part under the mouse in Visual Basic 6	closeup map, map, enlarge, closeup, close up, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Find a smallest rectangle that bounds a set of points in Visual Basic .NET	bounding rectangle, calipers, VB .NET, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Find a smallest rectangle that bounds a set of points in Visual Basic 6	bounding rectangle, calipers, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Find a smallest rectangle that bounds a set of points in Visual Basic 2005	bounding rectangle, calipers, VB 2005, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Draw a radar graph in Visual Basic .NET	radar graph, graph, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a radar graph in Visual Basic 6	radar graph, graph
HowTo: Determine whether a polygon is convex in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, convex, concave, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Find the orientation of a polygon (clockwise or counterclockwise) in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, orientation, clockwise, counterclockwise, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Break a polygon into triangles in Visual Basic .NET	triangulate, triangle, polygon, geometry, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Calculate a polygon's area in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, area, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Find a polygon's centroid (center of mass) in Visual Basic .NET	polygon, centroid, center of mass, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a pie chart from an array of values in Visual Basic .NET	pie chart, pie slice, wedge, circle, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a pie chart from an array of values	pie chart, pie slice, wedge, circle
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a visible grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag, snapto
HowTo: Find the shortest distance between two line segments	segment, distance, geometry
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic .NET	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, VB.NET
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic 6	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Use transformations to draw a rotated ellipse in Visual Basic 6	transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Find the convex hull of a set of points in Visual Basic 2005	convex hull, geometry, points, bounding polygon, VB 2005
HowTo: Draw rotated text centered at a point in Visual Basic 6	rotate text, center text, CreateFont
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that contains several other controls	scrolled window, scrolling, scroll bars
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that doesn't resize with the form	scrolled window, scrolling, scroll bars
HowTo: Convert almost white pixels to white	pixels, color, convert, color conversion
HowTo: Draw a spline "by hand" in VB .NET	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw the Barnsley's Fern fractal	Barnsley's Fern, fractal, iterated functions, iterated function system
HowTo: Draw the Barnsley's Fern fractal in VB .NET	Barnsley's Fern, fractal, iterated functions, iterated function system, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a swirl	swirl
HowTo: Make a curlicue fractal in Visual Basic .NET	curlicue, fractal, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a curlicue fractal	curlicue, fractal
HowTo: Make a swirl in Visual Basic .NET	swirl, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw strange attractors (fractals) in Visual Basic .NET	strange attractor, fractal, equation, graphics, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw strange attractors (fractals)	strange attractor, fractal, equation, graphics
HowTo: Find the points where a line intersects a circle	graphics, line, circle, intersection
HowTo: Find the points where a line intersects a circle in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, line, circle, intersection
HowTo: Find the convex hull of a set of points	convex hull, geometry, points, bounding polygon
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons	star, polygon
HowTo: Draw "stars" inside regular polygons in VB .NET	star, polygon, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a smooth closed curve	smooth curve, smooth closed curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a smooth curve	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a Bezier curve	Bezier curve, spline, smooth, curve
HowTo: Draw a smooth closed curve by hand in VB .NET	smooth curve, smooth closed curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Draw a Bezier curve by hand in VB .NET	Bezier curve, spline, smooth, curve
HowTo: Draw a smooth curve by hand in VB .NET	smooth curve, spline, cardinal spline, Bezier curve, tension
HowTo: Determine whether a point is inside a polygon	polygon, point, inside, contains
HowTo: Find the difference between two images in VB .NET	image, bitmap, VB.NET, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Compare two images to find differences	image, bitmap, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Find the difference between two images	image, bitmap, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Compare two images to find differences in VB .NET	image, bitmap, VB.NET, compare, difference, imagediff
HowTo: Use transformations to draw angled text in VB .NET	font, angled text, VB.NET, transformation, Graphics
HowTo: Explore the Mandelbrot set in VB .NET	Mandelbrot, VB.NET
HowTo: Find the equation of a quadratic curve passing through three points	quadratic curve, quadratic equation, curve, points
HowTo: Pixelate areas on an image in VB .NET	pixelate, pixellate
HowTo: Draw a rotated ellipse	ellipse, rotate
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user modify a polygon with grab handles in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points in VB .NET	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Pixellate an image	pixellate, image, DIB, GetDIBits, SetDIBits
HowTo: Pixellate a rectangular area in an image	pixellate, image, DIB, GetDIBits, SetDIBits
HowTo: Graph a lemniscate curve in polar coordinates	graph, polar coordinates, lemniscate
HowTo: Graph a limacon curve in polar coordinates	graph, polar coordinates, limacon
HowTo: Find the brightness centroid of an image	centroid, brightness, image
HowTo: Graph a curve in polar coordinates	graph, polar coordinates
HowTo: Hatch a region with a non-standard hatch size	hatch region, fill
HowTo: See where two lines intersect	line, intersect
HowTo: Draw a circle through three points	circle, points, draw circle
HowTo: Draw an arrowhead on a line	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw
HowTo: Draw arcs with arrow heads	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw, arc
HowTo: Let the user interactively draw lines with arrow heads	arrow, arrowhead, line, draw
HowTo: Rotate a picture 90 degrees	rotate, image, picture, rotation, GetBitmapBits, SetBitmapBits
HowTo: Rotate a picture 90 degrees in VB .NET	rotate, image, picture, rotation, VB .NET
HowTo: Find the angle between two line segments using the Law of Cosines	angle, line segments, law of cosines, arccosine, Acos
HowTo: Find the angle between two line segments	angle, line segments
HowTo: Rotate the points in a polygon	rotate, polygon, point
Tutorial: Drawing Platonic Solids	Platonic solids, polyhedron, polytope, solid, tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, hexahedron
HowTo: Determine whether a polygon is convex	polygon, convex, concave
HowTo: Find a polygon's centroid (center of mass)	polygon, centroid, center of mass
HowTo: Calculate a polygon's area	polygon, area
HowTo: Find the orientation of a polygon (clockwise or counterclockwise)	polygon, orientation, clockwise, counterclockwise
HowTo: Break a polygon into triangles	triangulate, triangle, polygon, geometry
HowTo: Fill in missing pixels in an image	fill, pixels, missing, interpolation, interpolate

Fonts

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Draw text that follows a curve in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, fonts, rotated text, text on segment, line segment, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that sits above or below a line segment in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, algorithms, fonts, rotated text, text on segment, line segment, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text filled with random colored circles in Visual Basic 6	random, random circles, fonts, circle filled text, VB 6, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit in Visual Basic .NET	font, biggest font, largest font, Label, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit allowing wrapping in Visual Basic .NET	font, biggest font, largest font, Label, wrap, wrapping, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 4) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 6) in Visual Basic .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Build images for a TabStrip control's tabs at run time in Visual Basic 6	TabStrip, control, tab, tab images, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Install a font	fonts, install font, create font
HowTo: Install a temporary font	fonts, install font, create font, remove font, uninstall font, temporary font
HowTo: Make a ListBox display chemical symbols in Visual Basic 2005	ListBox, chemicals, chemical symbols, Visual Basic 2005, subscripts
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 5) in Visual Basic .NET	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 2) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 1) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Make CAPTCHA images (version 3) in Visual Basic 6	CAPTCHA, Turing test, image, image processing, distort image
HowTo: Draw rainbow shaded text in Visual Basic .NET	color, rainbow, text, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Create fonts easily by using the Font constructor that uses a prototype in Visual Basic .NET	Font, create font, font prototype, VB.NET
HowTo: Create fonts easily and interactively by using the Font constructor that uses a prototype in Visual Basic .NET	Font, create font, font prototype, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw rotated text centered at a point in Visual Basic 6	rotate text, center text, CreateFont
HowTo: Display samples of the SystemFonts in Visual Basic .NET	SystemFonts, system fonts, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Change a form's font in Visual Basic .NET	font, change font, VB.NET
HowTo: Position tab stops while drawing text in VB .NET	tabs, VB .NET, drawing, layout rectangle, StringFormat
HowTo: Put text with a color background in menus	menu, font, colored menu, ModifyMenu
HowTo: Use menus with custom fonts	menu, font, WndProc, subclassing
HowTo: Draw text in XOR mode and with other raster operations	XOR, text, raster operations, raster ops
HowTo: Use transformations to draw angled text in VB .NET	font, angled text, VB.NET, transformation, Graphics
HowTo: Draw transformed text in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw untransformed text at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that is rotated but otherwise untransformed at a transformed location in VB .NET	transform, transformation, text, font, VB.NET
HowTo: Learn about the system font	system font, font
HowTo: Draw text using an extra tall font	font, CreateFont, tall font, stretched font, text
HowTo: Display rotated text on top of a PictureBox	rotated text, rotated font, CreateFont, PictureBox
HowTo: Draw stretched, squeezed, and rotated text	font, text, CreateFont, stretch, squeeze, rotate, stretched, squeezed, rotated
HowTo: Interactively change a font's height, width, weight, and font name	font, text, CreateFont
HowTo: Let the user select a font	font, CommonDialog, ShowFont, select font
Tip: Install fonts	install font, font
HowTo: Get the pitch (fixed or variable) of each font available on the system	font, font pitch, fixed width, variable width
HowTo: Clip lines to the boundary of a text string	clip, clipping, text, lines, path
HowTo: Draw rotated text	rotate, text, CreateFont
HowTo: Draw rotated text in VB .NET	rotate, text, CreateFont, font, VB .NET
HowTo: Draw a font at different sizes in VB .NET	.NET, VB.NET, font, text, size, font size
HowTo: List screen and printer fonts	font, text, printer, screen
HowTo: Show samples of the fonts available on the system	font, text
HowTo: Draw a font at different sizes	font, text, size
HowTo: Let the user select a TrueType font	select font, TrueType, common dialog

Animation

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Let the user drag an image with transparent pixels over a background image in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, drag image, drag picture, image, picture, transparent, transparency, animation
HowTo: Display animated GIFs and change them at run time in Visual Basic .NET	animated GIF, example program, GIF, display animated GIF, Windows Forms programming, resources, example, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, change animated GIF, load animated GIF
HowTo: Let the user drag a picture with the mouse or move it with the arrow keys	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use BitBlt to repaint only the modified parts of the background	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use BitBlt to allow the user to drag it	drag picture, BitBlt
HowTo: Overlay a picture on another and use PaintPicture to allow the user to drag it	drag picture, PaintPicture
Talk: Four Fascinating Features	regular expressions, cryptography, reflection, Direct3D, graphics, algorithms
HowTo: Add progress indicators to a StatusBar control	StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball animation in VB .NET	bouncing ball, animation, animate, VB.NET
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic .NET	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, VB.NET
HowTo: Use transformations to draw an animated atom in Visual Basic 6	animation, atom, animated atom, transformation, ellipse, rotated ellipse, rotation, Visual Basic 6
HowTo: Slowly fill a circle with color from bottom to top in Visual Basic .NET	circle, ellipse, fill circle, fill ellipse, VB.NET, animation
HowTo: Make a silly program that tracks the mouse's current position with a pair of eyes in Visual Basic .NET	eyes, mouse, mouse cursor, current position, track, VB.NET
HowTo: Rotate text around a center in VB .NET	text, rotate, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a game where you control a cannon ball's angle and speed to try to hit a house in VB .NET	cannon, simulation, gravity, animation
HowTo: Make a game where you control a cannon ball's angle and speed to try to hit a house	cannon, simulation, gravity, animation
HowTo: Animate a moving picture in VB .NET	animate, animation, multimedia
HowTo: Make a moveable analog clock with a shaped form in VB .NET	analog, clock, time, position, lower right, rotated text, move, move form
HowTo: Make a transparent moveable analog clock in VB .NET	analog, clock, time, position, lower right, rotated text, transparent, move, move form
HowTo: Make an analog clock with a shaped form in VB .NET	analog, clock, time, position, lower right, rotated text
HowTo: Make an analog clock with a shaped form	analog, clock, shaped form, time, move form
HowTo: Draw a Sierpinski gasket (fractal) in VB.NET	Sierpinski gasket, fractal, random, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a Sierpinski gasket (fractal)	Sierpinski gasket, fractal, random
HowTo: Draw a non-triangular Sierpinski gasket (fractal) in VB.NET	Sierpinski gasket, fractal, random, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw a non-triangular Sierpinski gasket (fractal)	Sierpinski gasket, fractal, random
HowTo: Draw simulated snow	snow, screen saver
HowTo: Draw animated shapes with transparent backgrounds stored in PictureBoxes	image processing, animation, animate, image, SetWindowRgn, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, GetBitmapPixels
HowTo: Draw animated shapes with transparent backgrounds	image processing, animation, animate, image, SetWindowRgn, GetDIBits, SetDIBits, GetBitmapPixels
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that controls picture transitions	picture, PictureBox, transition, image
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball screen saver with VB .NET	VB.NET, screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters
HowTo: Make a slide show screen saver in VB .NET	VB.NET, screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters
HowTo: Make moving graphs drawn in PictureBoxes	PictureBox, graph, animation
HowTo: Place progress indicators above a StatusBar control	StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working
HowTo: Make a shaped form scroll across the desktop	scroll, banner, shaped form, desktop, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form
HowTo: Make a scrolling banner run across the desktop	scrolling, banner, desktop
HowTo: Draw a bar gauge	bar gauge
HowTo: Make a bar gauge ActiveX control	bar gauge, ActiveX control
HowTo: Make an elliptical clock with numerals aligned with the ellipse	position, lower right, analog, clock, numerals, time, move form
HowTo: Make a slide show screen saver (PictureSaver)	screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters, slide show, PictureSaver
HowTo: Animate a series of bitmaps stored in an ImageList	animation, bitmap, animate, multimedia
HowTo: Animate a series of bitmaps stored in in PictureBoxes	animation, bitmap, animate, multimedia
HowTo: Animate a bouncing ball on a blank background	bouncing ball, animation, blank background
HowTo: Animate a bouncing ball on a background	bouncing ball, animation, background
HowTo: Animate a complex moving object	overlay, moving object, moving picture, transparent picture
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball screen saver	screen saver, commandline, command line, parameters, bounce
HowTo: Start the system's screen saver	screen saver, start
How To: Display a transparent image with sound stored in the executable	graphics, animation, api, sound, wav, mid, MCI, mciSendString, user control
HowTo: Make roaches crawl over your screen	graphics, animation, roach, cockroach, desktop, transparent
HowTo: Display an animated mouse cursor	animated, cursor, ani
HowTo: Make ladybugs wander around your desktop	graphics, animation, ladybugs, desktop, transparent
HowTo: Make an analog clock with numerals positioned at the lower right corner of the screen	position, lower right, analog, clock, numerals, time, move form
HowTo: Display an animated GIF file	GIF, animated, animation
HowTo: Rotate text in a Caption	text, rotate, Caption

Regions

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Fill a shape drawn by the user with random lines in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, lines, fill shape, user-drawn shape, random lines, random, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw text that is clipped to a graphics path in Visual Basic .NET	text, path, clip
HowTo: Draw a warped path in VB .NET	path, GraphicsPath, warp, VB.NET
HowTo: Fit a PictureBox to its non-transparent pixels in VB .NET	shaped picture, PictureBox, region
HowTo: Fit a PictureBox to its non-transparent pixels	shaped picture, PictureBox, region, SetWindowRgn
HowTo: Make a picture box with a hole in it	PictureBox, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped PictureBox
HowTo: Set a control's Region to shape the control in VB .NET	region, window region, shape, shaped control
HowTo: See which part of a picture the mouse is over	picture, map, mouse over
HowTo: Make an elliptical ActiveX picture control	elliptical control, ActiveX control, picture control
HowTo: Fill an irregular area with the FloodFill API function	flood, floodfill
HowTo: Create an elliptical form	form, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped form, ellipse, elliptical
HowTo: Make a form filled with holes	form, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped form, holes, swiss cheese
HowTo: Make a form with an elliptical hole in it	form, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped form
HowTo: Make a form with a rectangular hole in it	form, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped form
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBox	text-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBox
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NET	shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NET
HowTo: Make a shaped button	shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button
HowTo: Fill a polygon with a color gradient	polygon, gradient text, SetWindowRgn, region
HowTo: Make a rotating polygonal shaped form	form, shape, polygon, rotate, spin, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped form
HowTo: Make a polygonal shaped form	form, shape, polygon, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped form
HowTo: Shape a form to fit a picture	shape form, picture, transparent, region
HowTo: Tile a polygon with a picture	picture, tile, polygon, region
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with a picture	region, path, polygon, picture
HowTo: Draw a polygon filled with text	text, region, path, polygon
HowTo: Draw text filled with a picture	text, region, path, picture

Rubberband

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a drawing application in VB .NET	draw, drawing, Drawable, serialization, XmlSerializer
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 2005	crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NET
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 6	crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a visible grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag, snapto
HowTo: Make a labeled line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines in VB .NET	labeled line symbiote, rubberband line, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines in VB .NET	line symbiote, rubberband line, draw, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw rubberband lines	line symbiote, rubberband line, draw
HowTo: Make a line "symbiote" to help users draw labeled rubberband lines	labeled line symbiote, rubberband line, draw
HowTo: Draw a rubberband rectangle with and without double buffering in VB .NET
HowTo: Let the user grab part of the screen	grab screen, capture screen
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid	polygon, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user modify a polygon with grab handles in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points in VB .NET	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user move a polygon's points with grab handles, snapping the points to a grid in VB .NET	polygon, grab handles, snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Draw a positioning grid and snap line segments to its points	snap to, grid, draw, drag
HowTo: Let the user select an area using a rubberband box and place a new control there	rubber band, rubberband, rectangle, user drawing
HowTo: Let the user drag a vertical line side to side	drag, line, sash, rubberband

Formats

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Convert a Windows metafile (wmf file) to a PNG file in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, wmf file, png file, Windows metafile, metafile, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Display a Windows metafile (wmf file) in Visual Basic .NET	graphics, image processing, wmf file, Windows metafile, metafile, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Write a DLL in Visual Basic .NET that saves images in different formats (GIF, JPG, etc.) and call it from Visual Basic 6	VB .NET, VB 6, Visual Basic 6, DLL, save image, GIF, JPG, JPEG
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position	text, center text, font
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position in VB .NET	text, center text, font
HowTo: Left- or right-align text in VB.NET	align, align text, format, VB.NET
HowTo: Make substitutions in a WMF file	WMF, Windows Metafile
HowTo: Display a GIF with a transparent background without flashing	GIF, display GIF, flash
HowTo: Use a bitmap for an icon	bitmap, icon, image
HowTo: Load a bitmap and save it as an icon	bitmap, icon, image
HowTo: Load an image and save it in a different image format (GIF, JPG, TIFF, etc.) in VB .NET	image, VB.NET, type, BMP, bitmap, GIF, JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF, PNG, EMF, WMF, ICO, icon, Exif