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Using the mouse to draw on a form
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

public class MouseDrawForm
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New FrmPainter)
   End Sub
End class

Public Class FrmPainter
   Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

   Dim shouldPaint As Boolean = False

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

   Public Sub New()
      MyBase.New()

      'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
      InitializeComponent()

      'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

   End Sub

   'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
   Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
      If disposing Then
         If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
            components.Dispose()
         End If
      End If
      MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
   End Sub

   'Required by the Windows Form Designer
   Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container

   'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
   'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
   'Do not modify it using the code editor.
   <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
      '
      'Form1
      '
      Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
      Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
      Me.Name = "Form1"
      Me.Text = "Painter"

   End Sub

#End Region

   Private Sub FrmPainter_MouseMove( _
      ByVal sender As System.Object, _
      ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _
      Handles MyBase.MouseMove

      If shouldPaint Then
         Dim graphic As Graphics = CreateGraphics()
         graphic.FillEllipse(New SolidBrush(Color.Red), e.X, e.Y, 4, 4)
      End If

   End Sub
   
   Private Sub FrmPainter_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, _
      ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _
      Handles MyBase.MouseDown

      shouldPaint = True
   End Sub 
   
   Private Sub FrmPainter_MouseUp(ByVal sender As Object, _
      ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) _
      Handles MyBase.MouseUp

      shouldPaint = False
   End Sub

End Class








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