How to: Create a Pen

This example creates a Pen object.

Example

Dim myPen As System.Drawing.Pen
myPen = New System.Drawing.Pen(System.Drawing.Color.Tomato)

System.Drawing.Pen myPen;
myPen = new System.Drawing.Pen(System.Drawing.Color.Tomato);

System::Drawing::Pen^ myPen;
myPen = gcnew System::Drawing::Pen(System::Drawing::Color::Tomato);

Robust Programming

After you have finished using objects that consume system resources, such as Pen objects, you should call Dispose on them.

See Also

Reference

Pen

Concepts

Pens, Lines, and Rectangles in GDI+

Other Resources

Getting Started with Graphics Programming