Fill an ellipse using SetBlendTriangularShape
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D Imports System Imports System.Drawing.Text Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Math Public Class MainClass Shared Sub Main() Dim form1 As Form = New Form1() Application.Run(form1) End Sub End Class Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint Dim x As Integer = 10 Dim y As Integer = 10 Dim wid As Integer = 100 Dim hgt As Integer = 50 ' Fill a rectangle. Dim rect_pts() As Point = { _ New Point(x, y), _ New Point(x + wid, y), _ New Point(x + wid, y + hgt), _ New Point(x, y + hgt) _ } Dim path_brush As New PathGradientBrush(rect_pts) Dim ellipse_path As New GraphicsPath ' Fill an ellipse using SetBlendTriangularShape. ellipse_path = New GraphicsPath ellipse_path.AddEllipse(x, y, wid, hgt) path_brush = New PathGradientBrush(ellipse_path) path_brush.CenterColor = Color.White path_brush.SurroundColors = New Color() {Color.Black} path_brush.SetBlendTriangularShape(0.5) e.Graphics.FillEllipse(path_brush, x, y, wid, hgt) End Sub End Class <Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _ Partial Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()> _ Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing AndAlso components IsNot Nothing Then components.Dispose() End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> _ Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleDimensions = New System.Drawing.SizeF(6.0!, 13.0!) Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 200) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub End Class