When displaying fonts, whatâ€™s the difference between pixels, points and ems?

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A pixel is the lowest-resolution dot the computer monitor supports. Its size depends on userâ€™s settings and monitor size. A point is always 1/72 of an inch. An em is the number of pixels that it takes to display the letter M.

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With these events, why wouldnâ€™t Microsoft combine Invalidate and Paint, so that you wouldnâ€™t have to tell it to repaint, and
With these events, why wouldnâ€™t Microsoft combine Invalidate and Paint, so that you wouldnâ€™t have to tell it to repaint, and then to force it to repaint? Painting is the slowest thing the OS does, so usually telling it to repaint, but not forcing it allows for the process to take place in the ... 2013-11-21, 1921👍, 0💬

What is the difference between VB 6 and VB.NET?
What is the difference between VB 6 and VB.NET? Answer1 VB 1,Object-based Language 2,Doesnot support Threading 3,Not powerful Exception handling mechanism 4,Doesnot having support for the console based applications 5,Cannot use more than one version of com objects in vb application called DLL error ... 2013-11-26, 1913👍, 0💬

How can you assign an RGB color to a System.Drawing.Color object?
How can you assign an RGB color to a System.Drawing.Color object? Call the static method FromArgb of this class and pass it the RGB values. 2013-11-22, 1878👍, 0💬

When displaying fonts, whatâ€™s the difference between pixels, points and ems?
When displaying fonts, whatâ€™s the difference between pixels, points and ems? A pixel is the lowest-resolution dot the computer monitor supports. Its size depends on userâ€™s settings and monitor size. A point is always 1/72 of an inch. An em is the number of pixels that it takes to display the l... 2013-11-25, 1852👍, 0💬

Before in my VB app I would just load the icons from DLL. How can I load the icons provided by .NET dynamically?
Before in my VB app I would just load the icons from DLL. How can I load the icons provided by .NET dynamically? By using System.Drawing.SystemIcons class, for example System.Drawing.SystemIcons.War ningproduces an Icon with a warning sign in it. 2013-11-25, 1836👍, 0💬

Whatâ€™s the use of System.Diagnostics.Process class?
Whatâ€™s the use of System.Diagnostics.Process class? By using System.Diagnostics.Process class, we can provide access to the files which are presented in the local and remote system. Example: System.Diagnostics.Process(â€ c:\mlaks\example.txtâ€)â€” local file System.Diagnostics.Process(â€ ... 2013-12-02, 1835👍, 0💬

What is Serialization in .NET?
What is Serialization in .NET? Anwer1 The serialization is the process of converting the objects into stream of bytes. they or used for transport the objects(via remoting) and persist objects(via files and databases) Answer2 When developing smaller applications that do not have a database (or other ... 2013-12-02, 1831👍, 0💬

What are the authentication methods in .NET?
What are the authentication methods in .NET? There are 4 types of authentications. 1.WINDOWS AUTHENTICATION 2.FORMS AUTHENTICATION 3.PASSPORT AUTHENTICATION 4.NONE/CUSTOM AUTHENTICATION The authentication option for the ASP.NET application is specified by using the tag in the Web.config file, as sho... 2013-11-26, 1818👍, 0💬

What class does Icon derive from? Isnâ€™t it just a Bitmap with a wrapper name around it?
What class does Icon derive from? Isnâ€™t it just a Bitmap with a wrapper name around it? No, Icon lives in System.Drawing namespace. Itâ€™s not a Bitmap by default, and is treated separately by .NET. However, you can use ToBitmap method to get a valid Bitmap object from a valid Icon object. 2013-11-22, 1784👍, 0💬

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