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Rectangle

The Rectangle function draws a rectangle. The rectangle is outlined by using the current pen and filled by using the current brush.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function Rectangle Lib "gdi32" Alias "Rectangle" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long) As Long

VB.NET
System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawRectangle

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later; Requires Windows 95 or later

Library
Gdi32

Parameter Information
- hdc
Identifies the device context.

- nLeftRect
Specifies the logical x-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangle.

- nTopRect
Specifies the logical y-coordinate of the upper-left corner of the rectangle.

- nRightRect
Specifies the logical x-coordinate of the lower-right corner of the rectangle.

- nBottomRect
Specifies the logical y-coordinate of the lower-right corner of the rectangle.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Last update: 07 April 2006