UITypeEditor.PaintValue Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing.Design

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Paints a representation of the value of an object.

Overloads

PaintValue(PaintValueEventArgs)	Paints a representation of the value of an object using the specified PaintValueEventArgs.
PaintValue(Object, Graphics, Rectangle)	Paints a representation of the value of the specified object to the specified canvas.

PaintValue(PaintValueEventArgs)

Paints a representation of the value of an object using the specified PaintValueEventArgs.

public:
 virtual void PaintValue(System::Drawing::Design::PaintValueEventArgs ^ e);

public virtual void PaintValue (System.Drawing.Design.PaintValueEventArgs e);

abstract member PaintValue : System.Drawing.Design.PaintValueEventArgs -> unit
override this.PaintValue : System.Drawing.Design.PaintValueEventArgs -> unit

Public Overridable Sub PaintValue (e As PaintValueEventArgs)

Parameters

e

PaintValueEventArgs

A PaintValueEventArgs that indicates what to paint and where to paint it.

Remarks

Editors should paint within the boundaries of the specified rectangle. This rectangle indicates the area of the Properties window to draw a representation of the value within.

Starting with the .NET Framework 4.6, the rectangle specified by Bounds will be resized based on the system DPI setting when the app.config file contains the following entry:

<appSettings>  
  <add key="EnableWindowsFormsHighDpiAutoResizing" value="true" />  
</appSettings>  

See also

• ITypeDescriptorContext

PaintValue(Object, Graphics, Rectangle)

Paints a representation of the value of the specified object to the specified canvas.

public:
 void PaintValue(System::Object ^ value, System::Drawing::Graphics ^ canvas, System::Drawing::Rectangle rectangle);

public void PaintValue (object? value, System.Drawing.Graphics canvas, System.Drawing.Rectangle rectangle);

member this.PaintValue : obj * System.Drawing.Graphics * System.Drawing.Rectangle -> unit

Public Sub PaintValue (value As Object, canvas As Graphics, rectangle As Rectangle)

Parameters

value

Object

The object whose value this type editor will display.

canvas

Graphics

A drawing canvas on which to paint the representation of the object's value.

rectangle

Rectangle

A Rectangle within whose boundaries to paint the value.

Remarks

Editors should paint within the boundaries of the specified rectangle. This rectangle indicates the area of the Properties window to draw a representation of the value within.

Starting with the .NET Framework 4.6, the rectangle specified by Bounds will be resized based on the system DPI setting when the app.config file contains the following entry:

<appSettings>  
  <add key="EnableWindowsFormsHighDpiAutoResizing" value="true" />  
</appSettings>