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AppearanceObject Members

An appearance object.

Constructors

Name Description
AppearanceObject() Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class.
AppearanceObject(AppearanceDefault) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with default settings.
AppearanceObject(AppearanceObject, AppearanceDefault) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified settings.
AppearanceObject(AppearanceObject, AppearanceObject) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class.
AppearanceObject(AppearanceObject, String) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified name and parent.
AppearanceObject(AppearanceObject) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified parent.
AppearanceObject(IAppearanceOwner, AppearanceObject, String) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified owner, parent and name.
AppearanceObject(IAppearanceOwner, AppearanceObject) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified owner and parent appearance object.
AppearanceObject(IAppearanceOwner, Boolean) This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
AppearanceObject(String) Initializes a new instance of the AppearanceObject class with the specified name.

Properties

Name Description
BackColor Gets or sets the background color.
BackColor2 Deprecated. Gets or sets the end color of the background’s gradient brush.
BorderColor Gets or sets the border color.
ControlAppearance static Gets the default appearance settings which are used to paint 3-D elements in Windows.
DefaultFont static Gets or sets the default font for controls.
DefaultMenuFont static Gets and sets the font used to display text on menus.
EmptyAppearance static Returns an empty appearance object.
Font Gets or sets the font used to paint the text.
FontHeight Obsolete. Gets the height of the font used by the appearance object.
FontSizeDelta Gets or sets an integer value by which the font size is adjusted.
FontStyleDelta Gets or sets an additional style to be applied to the font.
ForeColor Gets or sets the foreground color.
GradientMode Deprecated. Gets or sets the background gradient’s direction.
HAlignment Gets the horizontal alignment of the appearance object’s text.
Image Gets or sets the background image.
IsDefaultFontChanged static Gets whether the default font is changed.
IsDisposed Gets whether the current object has been disposed of.
Name Gets or sets the name of the current appearance object.
Options Provides access to the appearance object’s options.
ParentAppearance Gets the parent appearance object.
TextOptions Provides access to text rendering options (horizontal and vertical alignment, word wrapping, trimming options, etc.).

Methods

Name Description
Assign(AppearanceDefault) Sets the appearance object’s settings to default values.
Assign(AppearanceObject) Copies all settings from the appearance object passed as a parameter.
AssignInternal(AppearanceObject) Copies all the settings in the appearance object passed as the parameter to the current object without raising the AppearanceObject.Changed event.
BeginUpdate() Locks the AppearanceObject object by disallowing visual updates until the EndUpdate or CancelUpdate method is called.
CalcDefaultTextSize() Calculates the size of a string painted with the default font.
CalcDefaultTextSize(GraphicsCache) This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
CalcDefaultTextSize(Graphics) Calculates the size of a string painted with the font specified by the current object.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32, Int32, out Boolean) Calculates the string size.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32, Int32) Calculates the string size.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32) Calculates the string size.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormat, String, Int32, Int32, out Boolean) Calculates the string size.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormat, String, Int32, Int32) Calculates the string size.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, StringFormat, String, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string drawn with the specified StringFormat object.
CalcTextSize(GraphicsCache, String, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string.
CalcTextSize(Graphics, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string drawn with the specified StringFormat object.
CalcTextSize(Graphics, StringFormat, String, Int32, Int32, out Boolean) Calculates the size of the specified string when it’s drawn with the specified font, fitting the string into a clipping rectangle. Allows you to determine whether the string does not fit the clipping rectangle.
CalcTextSize(Graphics, StringFormat, String, Int32, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string drawn with the specified format, fitting the string into a clipping rectangle.
CalcTextSize(Graphics, StringFormat, String, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string drawn with the specified StringFormat object.
CalcTextSize(Graphics, String, Int32) Calculates the size of the specified string.
CalcTextSizeInt(GraphicsCache, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string drawn with the specified formatting.
CalcTextSizeInt(GraphicsCache, StringFormat, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string drawn with the specified StringFormat object.
CalcTextSizeInt(GraphicsCache, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string.
CalcTextSizeInt(Graphics, StringFormatInfo, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string drawn with the specified formatting.
CalcTextSizeInt(Graphics, StringFormat, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string drawn with the specified StringFormat object.
CalcTextSizeInt(Graphics, String, Int32) Calculates the length of the specified string.
CancelUpdate() Unlocks the AppearanceObject object after it has been locked by the BeginUpdate method, without causing an immediate visual update.
Clone() Creates a copy of the current AppearanceObject instance.
Combine(AppearanceObject) Copies the activated settings from the appearance object passed as the parameter.
Dispose() Releases all resources used by the current appearance object.
DrawBackground(GraphicsCache, Rectangle, Boolean) Draws the background for the area contained within the specified boundary.
DrawBackground(GraphicsCache, Rectangle) Draws the background for the area contained within the specified boundary.
DrawBackground(Graphics, GraphicsCache, Rectangle, Boolean) Draws the background for the area contained within the specified boundary.
DrawBackground(Graphics, GraphicsCache, Rectangle) Draws the background.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle using the specified formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Brush, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle using the specified formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Brush, StringFormat) Draws a text string at the specified position using the specified color and format.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Brush) Draws a text string at the specified position using the specified color.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Color, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Color using the formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Color, TextOptions) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Color using the specified TextOptions.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Color, StringFormat) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Color using the formatting attributes of the specified StringFormat.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Font using the specified formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, Brush, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Font using the specified formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, Brush, StringFormat) Draws a text string at the specified position using the specified font, color and format.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, Color, StringFormatInfo) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Font using the specified formatting attributes.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, Color, StringFormat) Draws the specified text string at the specified location with the specified Color and Font objects using the formatting attributes of the specified StringFormat.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, Font, StringFormat) Draws a text string at the specified position using the specified font and format.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle, StringFormat) Draws a text string at the specified position using the specified format.
DrawString(GraphicsCache, String, Rectangle) Draws a text string at the specified position.
DrawVString(GraphicsCache, String, Font, Brush, Rectangle, StringFormatInfo, Int32) Draws the specified text string in the specified rectangle with the specified Font using the formatting attributes.
DrawVString(GraphicsCache, String, Font, Brush, Rectangle, StringFormat, Int32) Draws a text string vertically with the specified angle and at the specified position using the specified font, color and format.
EndUpdate() Unlocks the AppearanceObject object after a call to the BeginUpdate method and causes an immediate visual update.
Equals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
FillRectangle(GraphicsCache, Rectangle, Boolean) Fills the interior of a rectangle specified by a Rectangle structure.
FillRectangle(GraphicsCache, Rectangle) Fills the interior of a rectangle specified by a Rectangle structure.
GetAppearanceByFont() This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
GetAppearanceByOption(String) This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
GetBackBrush(GraphicsCache, Rectangle) Gets the brush used to draw an element’s background.
GetBackBrush(GraphicsCache) Gets the solid brush used to draw the element’s background.
GetBackColor() Gets the background color specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetBackColor(ISkinProvider) Returns the BackColor (AppearanceObject.BackColor) for the target LookAndFeel object.
GetBackColor2() Gets the ending color of the linear gradient brush, specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetBackColorAppearance() This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
GetBackPen(GraphicsCache, Int32) Gets the pen used to draw the element’s background lines and curves.
GetBackPen(GraphicsCache) Gets the pen used to draw the element’s background lines and curves.
GetBorderBrush(GraphicsCache) Gets the brush used to draw the element’s border.
GetBorderColor() Gets the element’s border color specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetBorderColor(ISkinProvider) Returns the BorderColor (AppearanceObject.BorderColor) for the target LookAndFeel object.
GetBorderPen(GraphicsCache, Int32) Gets the pen used to draw the element’s borders.
GetBorderPen(GraphicsCache) Gets the pen used to draw the border’s lines and curves.
GetDXFont()
GetDXStringFormat() Returns an object that contains text alignment information and OpenType features.
GetDXStringFormat(TextOptions) Returns an object that contains text alignment information and OpenType features.
GetFont() Gets the font settings specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetFont(FontStyle, Int32) This member supports infrastructure and is not intended for use in code.
GetFont(FontStyle) This member supports the infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
GetFontHeight(GraphicsCache) Returns the font height.
GetForeBrush(GraphicsCache) Gets the solid brush whose color is specified by the AppearanceObject.ForeColor property.
GetForeColor() Gets the foreground color specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetForeColor(GraphicsCache) Returns the ForeColor (AppearanceObject.ForeColor) for the target GraphicsCache object.
GetForePen(GraphicsCache) Gets the pen whose color is specified by the AppearanceObject.ForeColor property.
GetGradientMode() Gets the background gradient’s direction specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetImage() Gets the background image specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetStringFormat() Gets the formatting attributes specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetStringFormat(TextOptions) Gets the formatting attributes specified by the AppearanceObject.TextOptions object passed as the parameter.
GetStringFormatInfo() Gets the formatting attributes specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetStringFormatInfo(TextOptions) Returns a StringFormatInfo object initialized with settings of the specified TextOptions object.
GetTextOptions() Gets the text options specified by the appearance object’s settings.
GetTextureBrush() Returns a TextureBrush object which uses the image specified by the AppearanceObject.Image property to fill the interior of a shape.
GetType() Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
IsEqual(AppearanceObject) Tests whether two objects have the same property values.
MemberwiseClone() protected Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
Reset() Reverts the appearance object’s properties to their default values.
ShouldSerialize() Tests whether the AppearanceObject should be persisted.
ToString() Returns a string representing the current appearance object.

Events

Name Description
Changed Fires when the appearance object’s properties are changed.
PaintChanged Occurs when specific settings that control the text appearance are changed.
SizeChanged Occurs when specific settings that control the size of text are changed.
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