Introduction to DigitalPaint Automation

Adding automation to a paint application enables the user to add all the paint toolkit capabilities and the associated user interfaces, to that application. The paint automation coordinates the low-level Digital Paint toolkit functions, the LEAD container functions and the LEAD toolbar functions. This facilitates the building of a paint application and removes the need to understand all the low level functionality.

The paint automation toolkit can perform the following tasks:

The paint automation toolbar lets the user select the needed tool and draw, while the automation handles the visual feedback needed to communicate between the painting process and the user. Mouse cursors and the basic drawing algorithms for selected tools (Line, Ellipse, Polygon, etc.) are handled by automation. The Paint tools currently available in the toolkit are:

Most of the tools above have an accompanying dialog that can be used to set the tool's properties.

Effective use of automated digital paint requires a good grasp of the following LEAD functionalities:

Therefore, it is best to carefully read the documentation of the modules before using LEAD's digital paint automation.

The automated digital paint functionality gives the user the flexibility to create and add LEAD Containers and the LEAD Toolbar using automated functions. This offers the maximum possible creativity to the user. Note that using the low-level functionality of the LEADTOOLS Container and LEADTOOLS Toolbar may occasionally create internal automation conflicts. Consequently, it is best to use the given automation interface functions with the LEADTOOLS Container and the LEADTOOLS Toolbar.

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