DrawText Method

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Draws text on the display device, using a specified font and color.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SPOT
Assembly:  Microsoft.SPOT.Graphics (in Microsoft.SPOT.Graphics.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub DrawText ( _
    text As String, _
    font As Font, _
    color As Color, _
    x As Integer, _
    y As Integer _
)

public void DrawText(
    string text,
    Font font,
    Color color,
    int x,
    int y
)

public:
void DrawText(
    String^ text, 
    Font^ font, 
    Color color, 
    int x, 
    int y
)

member DrawText : 
        text:string * 
        font:Font * 
        color:Color * 
        x:int * 
        y:int -> unit 

public function DrawText(
    text : String, 
    font : Font, 
    color : Color, 
    x : int, 
    y : int
)

Parameters

• text
  Type: System. . :: . .String
  The text to be drawn.

• font
  Type: Microsoft.SPOT. . :: . .Font
  The font to be used for the text.

• color
  Type: Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation.Media. . :: . .Color
  The color to be used for the text.

• x
  Type: System. . :: . .Int32
  The x-coordinate of the location where text drawing is to begin.

• y
  Type: System. . :: . .Int32
  The y-coordinate of the location where text drawing is to begin.

Remarks

If a bitmap is embedded as a resource, and its BitmapImageType is Bmp, then the Bitmap object is read-only, and attempts to modify it will throw an exception. You must make a copy of it using Bitmap.DrawImage, and modify the copy, as shown in the following code:

Bitmap bmpMyBitmap = Resources.GetBitmap(Resources.BitmapResources.MyBitmap);
        Bitmap bmpCopy = new Bitmap(bmpMyBitmap.Width, bmpMyBitmap.Height);
        // copy the bitmap
        bmpCopy.DrawImage(0, 0, bmpMyBitmap, 0, 0, bmpMyBitmap.Width, bmpMyBitmap.Height);
        // now you may modify the copy using any Bitmap method
        bmpCopy.MakeTransparent(Microsoft.SPOT.Presentation.Media.Color.White);

The .NET Micro Framework provides the Microsoft.SPOT.Bitmap class for lower-level access, such as animation. For displaying static bitmaps and hyperlinked bitmaps, use the Image control.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

Bitmap Class

Microsoft.SPOT Namespace