Category Archives: wpf

Let the user draw a polyline in WPF and C#

Posted on June 10, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how you can let the user use the mouse to draw a polyline in and WPF application in C#. I often badmouth WPF by saying that it is “twice as flexible and only ten times as hard” … Continue reading →

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Make a pie slice drawing extension in WPF and C#

Posted on June 2, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to make an extension method to draw a pie slice easily in WPF and C#. My post Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C# shows how to make an … Continue reading →

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Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C#

Posted on May 20, 2019 by RodStephens

In my previous post Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML, I explained how WPF makes you define an elliptical arc. Their method almost makes sense if you want draw an arc as part of a path. however, if … Continue reading →

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Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML

Posted on May 17, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to use XAML code to draw an elliptical arc in a WPF. The following sections explain how to specify an elliptical arc and how to draw one in XAML. Specifying an Elliptical Arc WPF provides several … Continue reading →

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Make drawing extension methods in WPF and C#

Posted on May 15, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to make a few handy extension methods for drawing in WPF. Drawing in WPF is at best awkward and at worst downright painful. For example, the following XAML code draws a rectangle. <Grid> <Canvas Name=”canDrawing”> <Rectangle … Continue reading →

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Graph equations while preserving aspect ratio in WPF and C#

Posted on May 1, 2019 by RodStephens

The previous example, Graph equations entered by the user in WPF and C# shows how to graph an equation entered by the user. The user must also enter the coordinate bounds that the program should use. For example, in the … Continue reading →

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WPF 3d: Three-Dimensional Graphics with WPF and C#

Posted on May 1, 2019 by RodStephens

If you haven’t checked out my book, WPF 3d: Three-Dimensional Graphics with WPF and C#, please take a quick look either on my web page or on Amazon. If you have a copy of the book, please post a review! … Continue reading →

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Graph equations entered by the user in WPF and C#

Posted on April 30, 2019 by RodStephens

This example uses key techniques described in several examples, mostly the following two: Use transformations to draw a graph in WPF and C# Graph equations entered by the user in C# The following two sections describe the key techniques taken … Continue reading →

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Use XAML and code behind to draw and outline shapes with gradients in WPF and C#

Posted on April 24, 2019 by RodStephens

My unofficial slogan for WPF is, “Twice and flexible and only five times as hard,” and that applies to working with gradients. Gradients are undoubted cool and very flexible, but they are verbose and a bit tricky to use. How … Continue reading →

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Let the user draw a smooth curve with WPF and C#

Posted on April 22, 2019 by RodStephens

This example combines techniques used by the following examples. Draw a smooth curve in WPF and C# Let the user draw a smooth curve in C# The program uses the following code to keep track off what it is doing … Continue reading →

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