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Draw.Begin
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<pre class="syntax"><font color="blue">STATIC</font> <font color="blue">SUB</font> <b>Begin</b> <font color="blue">(</font> <u>Device</u> <font color="blue">AS</font> <font color="#0080FF">Object</font> <font color="blue">)</font></pre>
Begins a new drawing. The device can be one of the following objects:
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<li>A <a href="../window+en">Window</a>,
<li>A <a href="../picture+en">Picture</a>,
<li>A <a href="../drawing+en">Drawing</a>,
<li>A <a href="../drawingarea+en">DrawingArea</a>,
<li>Or a <a href="../printer+en">Printer</a>.
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Note that calls to this method can be nested.
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You must not call this method inside the <a href="../drawingarea/_draw+en">Draw</a> event handler of a <a href="../drawingarea+en">DrawingArea</a> control, as <a href="../../../def/gambas+en">Gambas</a> calls it for you, and initializes the drawing properties correctly: clipping, brush origin, and so on.

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