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Selection rectangle drawing over eveything in its container

Hi,

I would like to know How I could draw a Dashed rectangle over everything in
a container. I will use this to draw a selection rectangle (like in VB.NET
Form Designer UI). And even it draws in invert colors I think, but this is
not necessary for now.

Can I do this with a usercontrol ? Because I know that transparency is a
little tricky in VB.NET, for usercontrols.

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Philippe Meunier
Programmer
CHCA Computer Systems Inc.
Jul 19 '05 #1
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Hi,

As far as I remember the Graphics class can be created for a control.
Therefore, you should capture the mouse, create the Graphics instance, react
to mouse events and re-draw the selection rectangle accordingly, and then
release the mouse and dispose the Graphics.

Just a suggestion though.

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Hi,

I would like to know How I could draw a Dashed rectangle over everything in a container. I will use this to draw a selection rectangle (like in VB.NET
Form Designer UI). And even it draws in invert colors I think, but this is
not necessary for now.

Can I do this with a usercontrol ? Because I know that transparency is a
little tricky in VB.NET, for usercontrols.

--
Philippe Meunier
Programmer
CHCA Computer Systems Inc.


Jul 19 '05 #2

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