Default Property (DrawingFactory)

In This Topic

Gets or sets the drawing factory that is used as the default drawing factory of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration

Public Shared Property Default As DrawingFactory

public static DrawingFactory Default { get; set; }

public: __property static DrawingFactory* get_Default();
public: __property static void set_Default(
   DrawingFactory* value
);

public:
static property DrawingFactory^ Default {
   DrawingFactory^ get();
   void set(DrawingFactory^ value);
}

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.InvalidOperationException	Thrown in getter if HasDefault is false.
System.ArgumentNullException	Thrown in setter if value is null.

Remarks

VintaSoft Imaging SDK provides the following drawing engines:

Cross-platform drawing engine for Windows, Linux and macOS, which is based on SkiaSharp library. The drawing engine is stored in Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.SkiaSharp.dll assembly.
Drawing engine for Windows, which is based on System.Drawing.Common library.The drawing engine is stored in Vintasoft.Imaging.Gdi.dll assembly.

Example

Here is an example that shows how to set the default drawing factory:

VB.NET


Class DefaultDrawingFactoryExample
    '[BLOCK:Code]
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Sets the SKIA Sharp drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
    ''' </summary>
    Public Shared Sub SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing()
        ' Skia - cross platform drawing engine
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.SkiaSharp.SkiaSharpDrawingFactory.SetAsDefault()
    End Sub

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Sets the GDI drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
    ''' </summary>
    Public Shared Sub SetGdiSdkDrawing()
        ' GDI - Windows graphics
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.Gdi.GdiGraphicsFactory.SetAsDefault()
    End Sub
    '[ENDBLOCK]
End Class

Class DefaultDrawingFactoryExample2
    '[BLOCK:SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing]
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Sets the SKIA Sharp drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
    ''' </summary>
    Public Shared Sub SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing()
        ' Skia - cross platform drawing engine
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.SkiaSharp.SkiaSharpDrawingFactory.SetAsDefault()
    End Sub
    '[ENDBLOCK]

    '[BLOCK:SetGdiSdkDrawing]
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Sets the GDI drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
    ''' </summary>
    Public Shared Sub SetGdiSdkDrawing()
        ' GDI - Windows graphics
        Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.Gdi.GdiGraphicsFactory.SetAsDefault()
    End Sub
    '[ENDBLOCK]
End Class


namespace CSHARP
{
    class DefaultDrawingFactoryExample
    {
        //[BLOCK:Code]
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the SKIA Sharp drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
        /// </summary>
        public static void SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing()
        {
            // Skia - cross platform drawing engine
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.SkiaSharp.SkiaSharpDrawingFactory.SetAsDefault();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the GDI drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
        /// </summary>
        public static void SetGdiSdkDrawing()
        {
            // GDI - Windows graphics
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.Gdi.GdiGraphicsFactory.SetAsDefault();
        }
        //[ENDBLOCK]
    }

    class DefaultDrawingFactoryExample2
    {
        //[BLOCK:SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing]
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the SKIA Sharp drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
        /// </summary>
        public static void SetSkiaSharpSdkDrawing()
        {
            // Skia - cross platform drawing engine
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.SkiaSharp.SkiaSharpDrawingFactory.SetAsDefault();
        }
        //[ENDBLOCK]

        //[BLOCK:SetGdiSdkDrawing]
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the GDI drawing factory as a default drawing factory.
        /// </summary>
        public static void SetGdiSdkDrawing()
        {
            // GDI - Windows graphics
            Vintasoft.Imaging.Drawing.Gdi.GdiGraphicsFactory.SetAsDefault();
        }
        //[ENDBLOCK]
    }
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET 8; .NET 7; .NET 6; .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

Reference

DrawingFactory Class
DrawingFactory Members

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