CreatePreview Method

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Generates a preview bitmap of this appearance style with the specified dimensions.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function CreatePreview( _
   ByVal size As NSize, _
   ByVal frameStrokeStyle As NStrokeStyle _
) As System.Drawing.Bitmap

'Usage
 
Dim instance As NAppearanceStyle
Dim size As NSize
Dim frameStrokeStyle As NStrokeStyle
Dim value As System.Drawing.Bitmap
 
value = instance.CreatePreview(size, frameStrokeStyle)

public System.Drawing.Bitmap CreatePreview( 
   NSize size,
   NStrokeStyle frameStrokeStyle
)

Parameters

size
frameStrokeStyle

Return Value

The function returns a Bitmap object containing the appearance style preview.

Remarks

Note that the preview bitmap may actually differ from the visualized appearance because some properties like material, mapping and image filter properties are discarded. You can use this function to implement thumbnail preview in your applications. It is recommended to pass bitmaps with square dimensions in order achieve better quality.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

NAppearanceStyle Class
NAppearanceStyle Members

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