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[Helmut Giese]

Hello out there,
I have been away from Windows programming for quite a while and need
to get aquainted with some low level basics. Kind of
What are the inner workings of .NET's 'visual engine' and which
functions can/should be overriden to achieve a certain effect.

Example 1: Custom drawing
- cells in a DataGridView or
- the appearance of a SplitContainer's 'splitter handle'

Example 2: How to modify a TableLayoutPanel at run-time?
- Display it with "grid lines" - this is easy.
- Detect if the mouse is over one of these lines and change the curser
like it were a splitter - ???
- If the user then presses the mouse button and moves, resize the
cells in question.

Any link to resources like books or tutorials which explains this kind
of stuff will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards
Helmut Giese

 

[Helmut Giese]

Oh, if I may add: How to write a component which behaves like a
property editor?

 

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

Oh, if I may add: How to write a component which behaves like a
property editor?

See http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/20920

 

[Helmut Giese]

See http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/20920

Hi Ben,
thanks for this interesting link - at first sight it looks just like
what the doctor ordered. (I just came back from a weekend trip and
will have a closer look tomorrow.)
Best regards
Helmut Giese