borderstyle of a panel

[Wilfried Mestdagh]

Hi,

I seems not to find how to change borderstyle of a panel so that it is not
sunken, but raised. I only find a 3d setting in obejct inspector... Someone
knows this ?

--
rgds, Wilfried
http://www.mestdagh.biz

[pradeep_TP]

Hi WilFried,

I have written the following code in the paint event of the Panel to give it
a raised look. hope this helps

//code starts
private void panel1_Paint(ob ject sender, System.Windows. Forms.PaintEven tArgs
e)
{

Graphics g = panel1.CreateGr aphics();

Rectangle panelRect = panel1.ClientRe ctangle;

Point p1 = new Point(panelRect .Left, panelRect.Top); //top left
Point p2 = new Point(panelRect .Right-1, panelRect.Top); //Top Right
Point p3 = new Point(panelRect .Left, panelRect.Botto m-1); //Bottom Left
Point p4 = new Point(panelRect .Right - 1, panelRect.Botto m -1); //Bottom
Right

Pen pen1 = new Pen(System.Draw ing.Color.White );
Pen pen2 = new Pen(System.Draw ing.Color.Black );

g.DrawLine(pen1 , p1, p2);
g.DrawLine(pen1 , p1, p3);
g.DrawLine(pen2 , p2, p4);
g.DrawLine(pen2 , p3, p4);
}

//code ends

Happy programming!
pradeep_TP

"Wilfried Mestdagh" wrote:

Hi,

I seems not to find how to change borderstyle of a panel so that it is not
sunken, but raised. I only find a 3d setting in obejct inspector... Someone
knows this ?

--
rgds, Wilfried
http://www.mestdagh.biz

[Wilfried Mestdagh]

exacly what I was looking ofr. thx :)

[Tim Wilson]

As an alternative to painting the window you can always allow the system to
handle the border style and still be part of the non-client area using some
p/invokes. There are other border styles that you can use as well if you
look through the docs. But if you're painting the border yourself then you
might consider using the ControlPaint class to perform the drawing for you.

using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;

private const int GWL_EXSTYLE = -20;
private const int WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME = 0x00000001;
private const int SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
private const int SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
private const int SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
private const int SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x0010;
private const int SWP_FRAMECHANGE D = 0x0020;

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int GetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int SetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int
dwNewLong);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetWindowPos(In tPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter ,
int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);

IntPtr hWnd = this.panel1.Han dle;
int style = GetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
SetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, (style | WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME));
SetWindowPos(hW nd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, 0, 0, (SWP_FRAMECHANG ED | SWP_NOSIZE |
SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE) );

--
Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

"Wilfried Mestdagh" <Wi************ **@discussions. microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:D8******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Hi,

I seems not to find how to change borderstyle of a panel so that it is not
sunken, but raised. I only find a 3d setting in obejct inspector... Someone knows this ?

--
rgds, Wilfried
http://www.mestdagh.biz

[pradeep_TP]

HI Tim,

That was a good tip. The code is importing three DLLs. What kind of
performance issues are there in such calls. I means is is faster than drawing
the windows.

In my VB 6 days I used to do what exactly you have written. But in .net
things have beocme more easier.

Can you please throw some more lights on the performance issues here. I want
to gain more understanding about the same.

thanks
pradeep_TP

"Tim Wilson" wrote:

As an alternative to painting the window you can always allow the system to
handle the border style and still be part of the non-client area using some
p/invokes. There are other border styles that you can use as well if you
look through the docs. But if you're painting the border yourself then you
might consider using the ControlPaint class to perform the drawing for you.

using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;

private const int GWL_EXSTYLE = -20;
private const int WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME = 0x00000001;
private const int SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
private const int SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
private const int SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
private const int SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x0010;
private const int SWP_FRAMECHANGE D = 0x0020;

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int GetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int SetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int
dwNewLong);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetWindowPos(In tPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter ,
int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);

IntPtr hWnd = this.panel1.Han dle;
int style = GetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
SetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, (style | WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME));
SetWindowPos(hW nd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, 0, 0, (SWP_FRAMECHANG ED | SWP_NOSIZE |
SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE) );

--
Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

"Wilfried Mestdagh" <Wi************ **@discussions. microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:D8******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Hi,

I seems not to find how to change borderstyle of a panel so that it is not
sunken, but raised. I only find a 3d setting in obejct inspector...

Someone

knows this ?

--
rgds, Wilfried
http://www.mestdagh.biz

[Tim Wilson]

The code just p/invokes to a system dll ("user32.dll "). To be honest,
without running tests, I would think that the p/invoke method would be a lot
faster than the .Net drawing method since under the covers the drawing
method is going to be p/invoking too, and making more p/invoke calls. But
the .Net drawing method is more flexible since you can basically do whatever
you want. In other words, if you drew the border yourself then you're pretty
much only limited by your imagination when it comes to custom styles. The
way I see it, it all depends on what you're attempting to accomplish.
However, when you look at the manifest, through ildasm, for the
"System.Drawing .dll" you can see that it too relies on the "user32.dll ".

--
Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

"pradeep_TP " <pr*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:4F******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

HI Tim,

That was a good tip. The code is importing three DLLs. What kind of
performance issues are there in such calls. I means is is faster than drawing the windows.

In my VB 6 days I used to do what exactly you have written. But in .net
things have beocme more easier.

Can you please throw some more lights on the performance issues here. I want to gain more understanding about the same.

thanks
pradeep_TP

"Tim Wilson" wrote:

As an alternative to painting the window you can always allow the system to handle the border style and still be part of the non-client area using some p/invokes. There are other border styles that you can use as well if you
look through the docs. But if you're painting the border yourself then you might consider using the ControlPaint class to perform the drawing for you.
using System.Runtime. InteropServices ;

private const int GWL_EXSTYLE = -20;
private const int WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME = 0x00000001;
private const int SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
private const int SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;
private const int SWP_NOZORDER = 0x0004;
private const int SWP_NOACTIVATE = 0x0010;
private const int SWP_FRAMECHANGE D = 0x0020;

[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int GetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern int SetWindowLong(I ntPtr hWnd, int nIndex, int
dwNewLong);
[DllImport("user 32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetWindowPos(In tPtr hWnd, IntPtr hWndInsertAfter , int X, int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);

IntPtr hWnd = this.panel1.Han dle;
int style = GetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
SetWindowLong(h Wnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, (style | WS_EX_DLGMODALF RAME));
SetWindowPos(hW nd, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, 0, 0, (SWP_FRAMECHANG ED | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE) );

--
Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

"Wilfried Mestdagh" <Wi************ **@discussions. microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D8******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Hi,

I seems not to find how to change borderstyle of a panel so that it is not sunken, but raised. I only find a 3d setting in obejct inspector...

Someone

knows this ?

--
rgds, Wilfried
http://www.mestdagh.biz