August 2003.This is the inaugural issue of Well Formed. This month there are three articles that explain in detail how to create a drawing package in Windows Forms using GDI+. The first in a three part series that discusses how to create a Canvas class that enables zooming and scrolling and a complete Extender Provider component to enhance Windows Forms menus. Now you can choose to subscribe to the C# or Visual Basic edition.
SimpleDraw. Graphic menus, image editing, rubber-banded objects and smooth user feedback are all explained in the SimpleDraw application.
Canvas Learn how to create a graphics canvas control. Infinitely scaleable zooming, scrolling and panning plus user feedback for accurate drawing and positioning of objects. The beginning of this 3 part series explains the creation of the control, display of different page sizes and panning using the scrollbars. Part 2 adds infinitely scaleable zooming and part 3 will explain how to get the virtual mouse positions and user feedback.
Create this useful addition to the Windows Forms toolbox. The extender-provider tutorial shows how to enhance menus and user feedback with a couple of mouse clicks. Full source code and a royalty free license included.
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