Line across form

[Guest]

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I add a line across the form?

 

[Chris]

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I add a line across the form?

I did this inside of the forms paint method. Hope it helps.

Chris

Private Sub Main_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint

Dim Pen As New Pen(Color.MediumBlue, 2)
Dim TopLine As Integer = 150
Dim BottomLine As Integer = 388
e.Graphics.DrawLine(Pen, 0, TopLine, 640, TopLine)


End Sub

 

[Armin Zingler]

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I add a line across the form?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/_gdiplus_drawing_a_line_usecsharp.asp

(same via <F1>)

Armin

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I did this inside of the forms paint method. Hope it helps.

Chris

Private Sub Main_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint

Dim Pen As New Pen(Color.MediumBlue, 2)
Dim TopLine As Integer = 150
Dim BottomLine As Integer = 388
e.Graphics.DrawLine(Pen, 0, TopLine, 640, TopLine)

'Pen' objects should be disposed if they are not needed any more. It's
better to store the 'Pen' object in a private variable, for example, instead
of creating a new pen every time the form is drawn.

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

A line and shape control I created.

www.windowsformsdatagridhelp.info/downloads/shapedemo.zip

Ken

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I add a line across the form?

Shapes and lines:

Advanced Shape Control
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/advanced_shape_control.asp>

LineControls.exe
<URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb/LineControls.exe>
<URL:http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/e/0/7e070297-47fe-4443-9194-ab57acd8ea01/LineControls.msi>

Creating transparent Windows Forms controls.
<URL:http://www.bobpowell.net/transcontrols.htm>

Rules:

Wrapping Win32 Controls in .NET - Horizontal and Vertical Rules
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/hvrules1.asp>

Alternatively you can use a label control with width or height set to 2, and
'BorderStyle' set to 'Fixed3D' to create an inset line.

 

[Chris]

'Pen' objects should be disposed if they are not needed any more. It's
better to store the 'Pen' object in a private variable, for example,
instead of creating a new pen every time the form is drawn.

Thanks for the info. If I use the same pen for the life of the form
should I still dispose of it when the form is closed, or will the
auto-disposing of the form take care of it for me?

chris

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Thanks for the info. If I use the same pen for the life of the form
should I still dispose of it when the form is closed, or will the
auto-disposing of the form take care of it for me?

You may want to call the pen's 'Dispose' method in the form's overridden
'Dispose' method.

 

[Guest]

Your answer worked best, I used the simple label control, set it to black and
resized using the mouse. Did it in less than a second and I didn't have to
write one line of code. Thank you.