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Gooie

Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:35 am


Trouble with Object Reference

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I'm just trying to figure out how I could easily make a game, with Visual Basic 2008. I was looking at:

System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.Coral, 30, 30, 20, 30)

But to use, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs, I need an 'Object Reference'. How is this done? And Microsoft has a terrible help menu... Its all Vista ads.


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Euphoracle

Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:43 am


RE:Trouble with Object Reference

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You cannot simply "get" a graphics object.  They are handed to you when needed.  For example, you can get the screen's graphics object and draw directly, or you can overload or hook an event to a form's OnPaint or similar.  You do not have direct access to things; that would defeat the purpose.