#235 – Types of Visual Content that You Can Create Using a DrawingContext

You can render content in a DrawingVisual object by calling its RenderOpen method, which returns a DrawingContext, and then drawing objects by invoking methods on the DrawingContext.

Here are the main DrawingContext methods that you can use to create content in the DrawingVisual:

• DrawEllipse – Draw an ellipse, specifying the center and radius
• DrawGeometry – Draw an arbitrary geometry, passing in an instance of Geometry
• DrawGlyphRun – Render text, passing in an instance of GlyphRun
• DrawImage – Render an image
• DrawLine – Draw a line, specifying the endpoints
• DrawRectangle – Draw a rectangle, specifying the corners
• DrawRoundedRectangle – Draw a rectangle with rounded corners
• DrawText – Render text, passing in an instance of FormattedText
• DrawVideo – Render a video, specifying the media source and corner points of rectangle in which to play the video