.NET Graphics and Printing: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference for Developers [Paperback]

Peter G. Aitken (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2003

A thorough, practical, and easy to follow introduction to the .NET's graphics and printing subsystems for both Visual Basic.NET and C# programmers.

A programmer's survey of the graphics and printing subsystems of the Microsoft .NET framework. A tutorial that thoroughly covers what you need to know, and a reference you will keep returning to!

Aimed at programers at any level who are interested in developing graphics-oriented applications for the .NET framework.

Provides a comprehensive coverage of .NET Graphics and printing subsystems, suitable as both an introductory tutorial, and an extensive reference.

Learn the fundamental concepts and techniques with the help of numerous practical examples and thorough explanations.

Master all the important graphics-related tasks typical of all graphics-oriented applications within the .NET framework's new paradigm.

The book covers:

An overwiew of .NET graphics and GDI+ subsystem

.NET graphics-related classes and namespaces

Scaling and coordinates; lines and shapes

Text and fonts

Pens and brushes

Working with colors and transparency

Graphics paths and regions

The printing subsystem

Bitmaps and metafiles

Graphical transformations

And a lot more!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Peter G. Aitken (Chapel Hill, NC) has been writing about computers and programming for over ten years.

Peter is one of the most prominent technical authors today, writing on computer-related topics, with an emphasis on programming. He has over 30 books to his credit, with over a million-and-a-half copies in print. He also wrote hundreds of technical magazine articles.

His recent books include XML the Microsoft Way, Learn Visual Basic.Net Programming with Peter G. Aitken, Office XP Development with VBA, Teach Yourself C# Web Programming in 21 Days, and Teach Yourself Visual Basic.Net Web Programming in 21 Days.

Formerly, a contributing editor at Visual Developer magazine where he wrote a popular column on Visual Basic development, Peter was also a long-time faculty member at Duke University.

Currently, his consulting firm - PGA Consulting - provides custom software development and technical writing for industry, academia, and the government. Peter is a regular contributor to Microsoft Office Solutions magazine and the DevX Web site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Optimax Pub (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931097046
• ISBN-13: 978-1931097048
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,639,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book on a difficult subject, September 23, 2005

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Brandon Trabon (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: .NET Graphics and Printing: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference for Developers (Paperback)

Before buying this book I had a small amount of experience with the .Net graphics architecture and was pretty much confused about the whole subject. I had just finished a project where I read someone else's simple example of how to read a multiple page image file. After that I decided to look for a good book on the subject and came across this one. I haven't finished reading the book yet, but I will tell you that everything is explained in a great amount of detail and is very well written. The author covers all of the major topics facing someone who is wanting to learn more about the .Net graphics classes without leaving out some important pieces (which I've had happen to me with other authors). He leaves his coding examples simple so that you don't have to dig through page after page of useless code to find the pieces you are looking for. I would recommend this book for anyone who is either currently working with .Net graphics or those who just want to expand their knowledge of a very important piece of the .Net framework.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed!, July 7, 2003

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This review is from: .NET Graphics and Printing: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference for Developers (Paperback)

Using the powerful GDI+ libraries in .NET come with a fairly large learning curve, especialy for printing. This book cuts through all confusion with elegant and useful examples. It also includes many diagrams and visual aides to help you conceptualize the various classes and properties (I wish the .NET documentation did the same). It also goes over various gotchas that pop-up in the framework or graphics programing in general, saving me hours of trial and error. The printing chapter alone is worth the entire book, especialy the example of how to word wrap text across multiple pages! This book will be a constant reference guide for me as I create complex report forms using the framework. Forget "GDI+ Programing in C# and VB.NET" (which I unfortuantly bought) and get this book if your at all intersted in graphics programing or printing in .NET.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invitation to graphics with the .Net Framework, July 30, 2003

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W. Graney (Collegeville, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: .NET Graphics and Printing: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference for Developers (Paperback)

I was lost going from Visual Basic 6 to VB.Net. All my little graphics techniques and shortcuts were useless, and I didn't understand the underlying principles. This book showed me the way.
This book provides both the step-by-step "how to draw a line" and a broad explanation of how it all fits in the .Net Framework and class structure. It covers a wide range of graphic and printing tasks, explaining simple tasks and building to more complex efforts.
The examples in the book are in C#, but the CD has the Visual Basic code, and it's not at all hard to follow the text which plays off the similarities of VB and C#.
Well written, well organized. An excellent book.