D2Phap.DXControl

• A WinForms hybrid control that supports both Direct2D and GDI+ drawing thanks to WicNet.
• This control has been used in ImageGlass software since version 9.0.

Resource links

• Nuget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/D2Phap.DXControl
• Project url: https://github.com/d2phap/DXControl
• About: https://imageglass.org/about

Features

• High performance drawing using Direct2D.
• Names and types are exactly the same as the native concepts of Direct2D (interfaces, enums, structures, constants, methods, arguments, guids, etc...). So you can read the official documentation, use existing C/C++ samples, and start coding with .NET right away.
• All native COM interfaces are generated as .NET (COM) interfaces, this makes .NET programming easier, but they are not strictly needed.
• Option to draw by GDI+.
• Supports animation drawing for both Direct2D and GDI+.

Requirements:

• .NET 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Installation

Run the command

Install-Package D2Phap.DXControl

Example

Draws a rectangle, then moves it to the right side.

using D2Phap;

// create a WinForms custom control that extends from DXControl
public class DXCanvas : DXControl
{
    private RectangleF animatableRectangle = new(100, 100, 400, 200);

    public DXCanvas()
    {
        EnableAnimation = true;

        // use Direct2D
        UseHardwareAcceleration = true;
    }

    protected override void OnRender(IGraphics g)
    {
        // draw a yellow rectangle with green border
        g.FillRectangle(rectText, Color.FromArgb(100, Yellow));
        g.DrawRectangle(rectText, Color.Green);
    }

    // Update frame logics for animation
    protected override void OnFrame(FrameEventArgs e)
    {
        // animate the rectangle to the right
        animatableRectangle.left++;
    }
}

See Demo project for full details.

License

MIT

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