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<hr><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The ImageLib library extends the support for drawings and images.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >The library includes five types of objects:</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >- Drawer - The main object, includes methods for drawing on other images.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >- Bitmap - Bitmaps are images loaded from image files or newly created.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >- Brush - Brushes are graphic objects which are used when filling shapes (eg:
FillRectangle).</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >- Pen - Pens are graphic objects which are used when drawing shapes (eg:
DrawRectangle).</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >- Rectangle - Rectangle objects represent a set of four points (organized as a rectangle)
and are used in other drawing methods. It is more efficient to use rectangles than using
four points each time.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#010101" ><span style="font-size:12pt" >Example:</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'Add a Bitmap object named bitmap1, Brush object named brush1, a Drawer
object named drawer and a Rectangle object named rect1.</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Globals</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><br></div><font color="#010101" ><div align="left" ></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >Sub </span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >App_Start</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > Form1.Show</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > bitmap1.New2(100,100)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rect1.New1(0,0,bitmap1.Width,bitmap1.Height)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > drawer.New2(bitmap1.Value, </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >b4pObject</span></font><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >(5)) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'The drawer will draw on
bitmap1</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > brush1.New1(cGold)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > drawer.FillRectangle(brush1.Value,rect1.Value)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > brush1.Color = cBlue</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > rect1.Width = 40 </span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > drawer.FillEllipse(brush1.Value,rect1.Value)</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" ><span style="font-size:10pt" > form1.DrawImage(bitmap1.Value,10,10) </span></font><font face="Courier New" color="#008000" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >'Draws bitmap1 on form1</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div><div align="left" ><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" ><span style="font-size:10pt" >End Sub</span></font><font color="#010101" ></font></div>
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