Hello there,

i want to write my on control. Its a control which
contains a collection of other controls like TextBox and more.

So i want to have a border like the Panel Control
only for Designer. The panel have a light black border
during programming in VS .NET!

In Runtime the border ist not visible.

Can anyone help me and tell me what should i do to
have the same effect?

Cheers
René

Hello René,

every component has a DesignMode property that you can use to determine if you're at design-time or run-time. You could use this property and paint a
border for the user control. Here is an example:

Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
MyBase.OnPaint(e)

Dim controlRect As Rectangle = ClientRectangle
controlRect.Inflate(-1, -1)

If (Me.DesignMode = True) Then
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(New Pen(Color.Black), controlRect)
End If
End Sub


HTH

Antoine
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

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>Hello there,
>
>i want to write my on control. Its a control which
>contains a collection of other controls like TextBox and more.
>
>So i want to have a border like the Panel Control
>only for Designer. The panel have a light black border
>during programming in VS .NET!
>
>In Runtime the border ist not visible.
>
>Can anyone help me and tell me what should i do to
>have the same effect?
>
>Cheers
>René
>
>


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