Draw Rectangle Snippet

///<summary>Draws a rectangle on the screen in the ActiveView where the mouse is clicked.</summary>
///
///<param name="activeView">An IActiveView interface</param>
///
///<remarks>Ideally, this function would be called from within the OnMouseDown event that was created with the ArcGIS base tool template.</remarks>
public void DrawRectangle(ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IActiveView activeView)
{
  
  if(activeView == null)
  {
    return;
  }
  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IScreenDisplay screenDisplay = activeView.ScreenDisplay;
 
  // Constant
  screenDisplay.StartDrawing(screenDisplay.hDC, (System.Int16)ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriScreenCache.esriNoScreenCache); // Explicit Cast
  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor rgbColor = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColorClass();
  rgbColor.Red = 255;

  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IColor color = rgbColor; // Implicit Cast
  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleFillSymbol simpleFillSymbol = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleFillSymbolClass();
  simpleFillSymbol.Color = color;

  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISymbol symbol = simpleFillSymbol as ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISymbol; // Dynamic Cast
  ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRubberBand rubberBand = new ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RubberEnvelopeClass();
  ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IGeometry geometry = rubberBand.TrackNew(screenDisplay, symbol);
  screenDisplay.SetSymbol(symbol);
  screenDisplay.DrawRectangle(geometry as ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IEnvelope); // Dynamic Cast
  screenDisplay.FinishDrawing();
}

'''<summary>Draws a rectangle on the screen in the ActiveView where the mouse is clicked.</summary>
'''
'''<param name="activeView">An IActiveView interface</param>
'''
'''<remarks>Ideally, this function would be called from within the OnMouseDown event that was created with the ArcGIS base tool template.</remarks>
Public Sub DrawRectangle(ByVal activeView As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IActiveView)

  If activeView Is Nothing Then
  	Return
  End If

  Dim screenDisplay As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IScreenDisplay = activeView.ScreenDisplay

  ' Constant
  screenDisplay.StartDrawing(screenDisplay.hDC, CShort(ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.esriScreenCache.esriNoScreenCache))
  Dim rgbColor As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRgbColor = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RgbColorClass
  rgbColor.Red = 255

  Dim color As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IColor = rgbColor ' Implicit Cast
  Dim simpleFillSymbol As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISimpleFillSymbol = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.SimpleFillSymbolClass
  simpleFillSymbol.Color = color

  Dim symbol As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISymbol = TryCast(simpleFillSymbol, ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.ISymbol) ' Dynamic Cast
  Dim rubberBand As ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.IRubberBand = New ESRI.ArcGIS.Display.RubberEnvelopeClass
  Dim geometry As ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IGeometry = rubberBand.TrackNew(screenDisplay, symbol)
  screenDisplay.SetSymbol(symbol)
  screenDisplay.DrawRectangle(TryCast(geometry, ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry.IEnvelope)) ' Dynamic Cast
  screenDisplay.FinishDrawing()

End Sub