Option Strict On
Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub
    Friend WithEvents PictureBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox
    Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents bttnBoxedText As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents bttnClippedText As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents bttnClippedImage As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    Friend WithEvents bttnClear As System.Windows.Forms.Button

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.bttnClippedImage = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.bttnClippedText = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.bttnClear = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.bttnBoxedText = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.PictureBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox()
        Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'bttnClippedImage
        '
        Me.bttnClippedImage.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.bttnClippedImage.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(456, 98)
        Me.bttnClippedImage.Name = "bttnClippedImage"
        Me.bttnClippedImage.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 32)
        Me.bttnClippedImage.TabIndex = 4
        Me.bttnClippedImage.Text = "Clipped Image"
        '
        'bttnClippedText
        '
        Me.bttnClippedText.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.bttnClippedText.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(456, 53)
        Me.bttnClippedText.Name = "bttnClippedText"
        Me.bttnClippedText.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 32)
        Me.bttnClippedText.TabIndex = 3
        Me.bttnClippedText.Text = "Clipped Text"
        '
        'bttnClear
        '
        Me.bttnClear.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.bttnClear.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(456, 143)
        Me.bttnClear.Name = "bttnClear"
        Me.bttnClear.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 32)
        Me.bttnClear.TabIndex = 4
        Me.bttnClear.Text = "Clear Control"
        '
        'bttnBoxedText
        '
        Me.bttnBoxedText.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.bttnBoxedText.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(456, 8)
        Me.bttnBoxedText.Name = "bttnBoxedText"
        Me.bttnBoxedText.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 32)
        Me.bttnBoxedText.TabIndex = 2
        Me.bttnBoxedText.Text = "Boxed Text"
        '
        'PictureBox1
        '
        Me.PictureBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle
        Me.PictureBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8)
        Me.PictureBox1.Name = "PictureBox1"
        Me.PictureBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(440, 408)
        Me.PictureBox1.TabIndex = 0
        Me.PictureBox1.TabStop = False
        '
        'Button1
        '
        Me.Button1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
        Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(456, 384)
        Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
        Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(112, 32)
        Me.Button1.TabIndex = 4
        Me.Button1.Text = "E X I T"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(576, 421)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.bttnClear, Me.Button1, Me.bttnClippedImage, Me.bttnClippedText, Me.bttnBoxedText, Me.PictureBox1})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Clipping Text and Images"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

    Dim txt As String = "This string will be printed " & _
                        "in orange color and it will be clipped " & _
                        "within an ellipse that extents 120 pixels " & _
                        "horizontally and 120 pixels vertically. "


    Private Sub bttnBoxedText_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnBoxedText.Click
        Dim G As Graphics
        G = GetGraphicsObject()
        Dim Rect As New RectangleF(30, 30, 250, 150)
        G.ResetTransform()
        G.ResetClip()
        Dim format As StringFormat = New StringFormat()
        format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        G.DrawString(txt & txt, New Font("Verdana", 11, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Coral, Rect, format)
        PictureBox1.Invalidate()
    End Sub

    Private Sub bttnClippedText_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnClippedText.Click
        Dim G As Graphics
        G = GetGraphicsObject()
        Dim P As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()
        Dim clipRect As New RectangleF(30, 30, 250, 150)
        P.AddEllipse(clipRect)
        G.ResetTransform()
        G.DrawEllipse(Pens.Red, clipRect)
        G.SetClip(P)
        Dim format As StringFormat = New StringFormat()
        format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        G.DrawString(txt & txt, New Font("Verdana", 11, FontStyle.Regular), Brushes.Coral, clipRect, format)
        PictureBox1.Invalidate()
    End Sub

    Private Sub bttnClippedImage_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnClippedImage.Click
        Dim G As Graphics
        G = GetGraphicsObject()

        G.ResetTransform()
        G.ResetClip()
        G.TranslateTransform(200, 200)

        Dim P As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()
        Dim clipRect As New RectangleF(-150, -150, 320, 260)
        P.AddEllipse(clipRect)
        G.SetClip(P)
        Dim path As String
        ' The StartupPath is the Bin folder under the project's folder
        ' the following statement removes the "\bin" part of the path
        ' the rest of the string is the path to the application's folder,
        ' where the image "SEATTLE.JPG" resides
        path = Application.StartupPath.Remove(Application.StartupPath.Length - 4, 4)
        G.DrawImage(Image.FromFile(path & "\seattle.jpg"), -150, -150)
        PictureBox1.Invalidate()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        End
    End Sub

    Private Sub bttnClear_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnClear.Click
        Dim G As Graphics
        G = GetGraphicsObject()
        G.ResetClip()
        G.Clear(PictureBox1.BackColor)
        PictureBox1.Invalidate()
    End Sub

    Function GetGraphicsObject() As Graphics
        Dim G As Graphics
        Dim bmp As System.Drawing.Bitmap
        bmp = New System.Drawing.Bitmap(PictureBox1.Width, PictureBox1.Height)
        PictureBox1.Image = bmp
        Return Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
    End Function

End Class