Drawing lines in PictureBox and UserControls ( not working for me )

Hello all,

I am trying to create a UserControl (UC) and within the UC I wanted to draw my own border around it. The problem is trying to create the lines. If you use

UserControl.Line (X1, Y1)-(X2,Y2), Color, BF




or


' This is contain within the UserControl
PictureBox.Line (X1, Y1)-(X2,Y2), Color, BF




Both raise a compile error of ( Expect: = ). So I change the syntax around to the following


' This is contain within the UserControl
PictureBox.Line X1,Y1, X2, Y2, Color, BF




Ok, this doesn't give me a compile error, but it sure doesn't work correctly. So out of desperation I put a PictureBox and two Lables ( Text1 and Text2 ) within a form an added the following code to see if I can figure it out what in the world is going on.


private m_X as Single
private m_Y as Single

private Sub Picture1_Click()
With Picture1
.DrawWidth = 1
.DrawStyle = vbSolid
.FillColor = vbRed
.ForeColor = vbRed
.CurrentX = 10
.CurrentY = 10
.Line 1, 1, m_X, m_Y, vbRed, 0
End With

End Sub

private Sub Picture1_MouseMove(Button as Integer, Shift as Integer, X as Single, Y as Single)
Text1.Text = X
m_X = X
Text2.Text = Y
m_Y = Y
End Sub




But this doesn't work. It seems that when I move the mouse vertically then click within the Picture box the ending x coordinate of the line moves, but no matter where I move the mouse on the horizontal plane does it affect the ending x coordinate. Please, what am I missing????? I am so confused. In addition, I don't want to fill create any boxes or fill anything, but if I leave off the BF it tells me the arugment is not optional. What is the deal here? This is also try for the Color aspect of the parameters being passed into the Line method. If you search the on-line by pressing F1 it list the standard


object.Line [step] (x1, y1) [step] - (x2, y2), [color], [b][F]




Which doesn't seem to apply for the the Line method for either the PictureBox or a UserControl.

Mark

Hello all,

Ok, after working on this for another hour. I have found out some information, but it is only through trial and error. This is what I found out so far.


.Line Style, Start_X, Start_Y, End_X, End_Y, Unknown




This is what I have..

Style = 0 Line starting where CurrentX and CurrentY are define, uses the color you define by .ForeColor

Style = 2, 3, 6, 7 Same as style 0 - 1, but uses a black pen.

Style = 16 Draws rect starting at CurrentX and CurrentY

Style = 32 Draws rect starting at Current X and Y and fills it

Style = 52 Draws rect starting at Start_X and Start_Y

Style = 64 Same as style 0

There are many variations to list. So I am guess this method is different than they list in the help when pressing F1 on .Line in the code window. Does anyone know the true definition of this method?

Mark

The following code works just fine for me. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AUTOREDRAW=TRUE for the picturebox

private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim wid, hght
wid = 1000
hght = 1000
Picture1.Line (0, 0)-(wid, hght)
End Sub



AUtoredraw= True probably is needed for User Control also

John G

John,

I found another little piece of my puzzle, not sure why this is. If I preceed the .line with the actual control name as in your sample code it will not give me a compile error, but if I use a With block it will generate the compile error. Something seems to be pointing somewhere else if you don't preceed the .Line with the actual control. Is this a bug?

Mark

According to MSDN Help for the LINE METHOD Quote
'
"This Method cannot be used in an With..End block"

John G

John,

Thanks, for the insight. I wonder why you can't use it in a WITH block? It must be calling some other function, but I wonder what that function is.

Mark