"Lee" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>I want to design a control that needs to have extra "handles" at design
>time. Basically at design time I want my control to have a line coming off
>of it that extends beyond the region of my control and ends in a "gripper"
>handle (probably only when it is selected in the form designer). I want
>the user to be able to grab the gripper handle and move it anywhere to
>rotate the control as well as specify a distance from the control (by the
>length of the line). The rotation of the control isn't a problem, but how
>do I create a custom design time behaviour like that that can draw outside
>the bounds of the control and allows my control to redraw itself (at design
>time)?
>
> -----
> Lee
>
>

"Lee" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Anybody?
>
> "Lee" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:nLudnXlHq79_YBrcRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
> >I want to design a control that needs to have extra "handles" at design
> >time. Basically at design time I want my control to have a line coming
off
> >of it that extends beyond the region of my control and ends in a
"gripper"
> >handle (probably only when it is selected in the form designer). I want
> >the user to be able to grab the gripper handle and move it anywhere to
> >rotate the control as well as specify a distance from the control (by the
> >length of the line). The rotation of the control isn't a problem, but how
> >do I create a custom design time behaviour like that that can draw
outside
> >the bounds of the control and allows my control to redraw itself (at
design
> >time)?
> >
> > -----
> > Lee
> >
> >
>
>

"joeycalisay" <hcalisay@_spamkiller_codex-systems.com> wrote in message
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> Adding additional painting on control at design time can be done by
> overriding the OnPaintAdornments method of controldesigner class. I
> believe
> you can even paint beyond the bounds of the control being designed.
> However
> providing implementations for your gripper is kind of complicated in my
> opinion. Forcing a redraw is as simple as invalidating the component that
> your designer is using.
>
> "Lee" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:k_GdnZNKloGVthbcRVn-ug@giganews.com...
>> Anybody?
>>
>> "Lee" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:nLudnXlHq79_YBrcRVn-vQ@giganews.com...
>> >I want to design a control that needs to have extra "handles" at design
>> >time. Basically at design time I want my control to have a line coming
> off
>> >of it that extends beyond the region of my control and ends in a
> "gripper"
>> >handle (probably only when it is selected in the form designer). I
>> >want
>> >the user to be able to grab the gripper handle and move it anywhere to
>> >rotate the control as well as specify a distance from the control (by
>> >the
>> >length of the line). The rotation of the control isn't a problem, but
>> >how
>> >do I create a custom design time behaviour like that that can draw
> outside
>> >the bounds of the control and allows my control to redraw itself (at
> design
>> >time)?
>> >
>> > -----
>> > Lee
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>