Render onto the button : Control « GUI Windows Forms « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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2. GUI Windows Forms
3. Control

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;

public class ButtonRenerer : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
  private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
  private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnRenderedButton;
  private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnRenderToOtherButton;

  public ButtonRenerer()
  {
    InitializeComponent();
  }

  protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
  {
    if( disposing )
    {
      if (components != null) 
      {
        components.Dispose();
      }
    }
    base.Dispose( disposing );
  }
  private void InitializeComponent()
  {
    this.btnRenderedButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
    this.SuspendLayout();
    // 
    // btnRenderedButton
    // 
    this.btnRenderedButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 120);
    this.btnRenderedButton.Name = "btnRenderedButton";
    this.btnRenderedButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 136);
    this.btnRenderedButton.TabIndex = 0;
    this.btnRenderedButton.Text = "Click on other button!";
    // 
    // btnRenderToOtherButton
    // 
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 8);
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Name = "btnRenderToOtherButton";
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 56);
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton.TabIndex = 1;
    this.btnRenderToOtherButton.Text = "Render to button";
    // 
    // ButtonRenerer
    // 
    this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
    this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 273);
    this.Controls.Add(this.btnRenderToOtherButton);
    this.Controls.Add(this.btnRenderedButton);
    this.Name = "ButtonRenerer";
    this.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
    this.Text = "Basic Paint Form";
    this.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.ButtonRenerer_Paint);
    this.ResumeLayout(false);

  }

  [STAThread]
  static void Main() 
  {
    Application.Run(new ButtonRenerer());
  }

  private void ButtonRenerer_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
  {
    Graphics buttonGraphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(btnRenderedButton.Handle);
    
    HatchBrush b = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.Cross, Color.Purple, Color.Gold);
    
    
    buttonGraphics.FillRectangle(b,  0, 0, 50, btnRenderedButton.Height);

  }
}

23.53.Control
	23.53.1.	Control: TabIndex, Size and Location
	23.53.2.	Control Tag Property
	23.53.3.	Control Size and Location - Dynamic
	23.53.4.	Control Size and Location
	23.53.5.	Override the DefaultSize property to gain better performance
	23.53.6.	Create User Control based on Control class
	23.53.7.	Get controls on a form and verify its type
	23.53.8.	Set Caption(title) of the form
	23.53.9.	Set form forground color
	23.53.10.	Render onto the button