Drawing text on a panel

[computerjunkie]

I am trying to manually draw a rectangle with text inside of a panel. I have the code to do this but for some reason nothing is being drawn on the panel. It draws just fine on the main form but when I try to draw on the panel, nothing shows up.

 
private void panel1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
        {
                 Rectangle rec = new Rectangle(ITEM_PADDING, currentYPosition, (m_maxItemWidth - ITEM_PADDING), Height);
 
                 e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(blackPen, rec);
 
        }

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[vekipeki]

It should work, just check that your coordinates are ok and that blackPen is non-null. Try with some fixed coordinates first:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.panel1.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(panel1_Paint);
    }
 
    void panel1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(SystemPens.ControlDark, new Rectangle(0, 0, 20, 20));
    }
}