This book is designed for the professional developer or tecnhical lead who needs to write GDI+ code for either Windows Forms or for Web Forms applications. Upon completion of this book, the reader will be able in GDI+ and understand the concepts on which GDI+ is based *Build custom controls in Windows Forms and Web forms *Enhance design-time support *Construct a custom server side bitmap file and display it on a Web page *Create a Web Service that serves up custom images The book is oriented towards a business applications audience and presents designs and techniques that will be useful in such an environment. The information in the book regarding the semantics of GDI+ is language agnostic and the examples are written in C#. A good working knowledge of C# syntax and of the .Net framework is assumed.Author Eric White is an independent software consultant with over 20 years experience in building Management Information Systems, accounting systems, and other types of rich client and n-tier database applications. He has written custom controls in numerous windowing systems, including all versions of Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, X/Motif, and others. Eric has particular interest in Object-Oriented design methodologies, including use case analysis, UML, and design patterns. After years of working with too many varieties of technologies to list, he is currently specializing in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, XML, COM+, GDI+, SQL Server and other Microsoft technologies.