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[dgunderson]

Where does the "e" come from with the following code:

e.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, 0, 10, 200, 10);
e.Graphics.FillEllipse(linGrBrush, 0, 30, 200, 100);
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(linGrBrush, 0, 155, 500, 30);

The examples do not illustrate this?

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[rpetrusha]

Thanks for pointing this out, @dgunderson. Certainly, the failure to provide any context for e is a major failure in these examples. As it happens, e is a PaintEventArgs instance, and this code either is in a Paint event handler or a method that is called by a Paint event handler.

We've opened dotnet/samples#827 to address this issue.