Draw a line on a form

[Steve]

Hi All,

I am sure this is a simple question, but how do I draw a
line onto a windows form in VB.NET, or any shape for that
matter. VB6 had a line and shape control that you could
use.

Thanks,
Steve

[Jeremy Cowles]

"Steve" <we*@zuna.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I am sure this is a simple question, but how do I draw a
line onto a windows form in VB.NET, or any shape for that
matter. VB6 had a line and shape control that you could
use.

At design time you can use a Label control and set it's height, or width to
1 (I like to use 2px and set the border to 3D - nice chiseled effect). There
are also several home-grown line controls. Or you can draw them manually at
runtime using GDI+ (System.Drawing namespace).

HTH,
Jeremy

[Herfried K. Wagner]

Hello,

"Steve" <we*@zuna.co.uk> schrieb:

I am sure this is a simple question, but how do I draw a
line onto a windows form in VB.NET, or any shape for that
matter. VB6 had a line and shape control that you could
use.

Line control "replacement":

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...3-9194-ab57acd
8ea01/LineControls.msi

Regards,
Herfried K. Wagner
--
MVP · VB Classic, VB .NET
http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

[Armin Zingler]

"Steve" <we*@zuna.co.uk> schrieb

I am sure this is a simple question, but how do I draw a
line onto a windows form in VB.NET, or any shape for that
matter. VB6 had a line and shape control that you could
use.

Override the Form's OnPaint method. Use e.graphics to draw graphics.

Outside the OnPaint procedure:
dim g as graphics
g = Me.creategraphics
'draw on g here
'...
g.dispose
--
Armin