"Sylvain Fortin" <SylvainFortin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:209D8665-AB3E-46D3-B26B-6970F92460FD@microsoft.com...
> Hi everyone,
>
> First of all, why am I having this problem... I need a REAL transparent
> label control. My custom label control needs to be able to be the child of
> any other control and must only display text, not a background image or
> color.
>
> So I created a control derived from System.Windows.Control, the problem is
> that the parent control doesn't draw under my custom control, probably
> because the parent thinks that the child will do it. However, I need the
> parent to completely draw itself. Is there a way to do it?
>
> Any help is appreciated, thanks!
>
> Sylvain Fortin
>
> public class ctrlLabel : Control
> {
> protected Brush m_brsBlack = null;
>
> ...
>
> // OnPaintBackground
> protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs pe)
> {
> }
>
> // OnPaint
> protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe)
> {
> RectangleF rcArea = RectangleF.Empty;
>
> // Calling base class OnPaint
> base.OnPaint(pe);
>
> try
> {
> if (m_brsBlack == null)
> m_brsBlack = new SolidBrush(Color.Black);
>
> rcArea = new RectangleF(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height);
> pe.Graphics.DrawString(this.Text, this.Font, m_brsBlack, rcArea);
> }
> catch (Exception)
> {
> }
> }
> }