runtime control that can be dropped and resized by the user

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Hello,
I am looking for either code or a custom control that provides functionality much like a Visio rectangle box. I want to be able to drop one or more instances of the rectangle on a form, highlight and un-highlight the rectangles by clicking them with a left mouse button, and be able to resize the rectangle by dragging on handles when the control is highlighted.

The background of the control would need to be transparent so that I can see through to an underlying image, and have a border that is visible.

My application is being created in VB.NET 2010. It is an MDI app, and the child forms contain a background image. Basically I need to be able to give the user the ability to these resizeable rectangles over selected areas of the image.

help appreciated
regards
David

Posted 14-Oct-10 11:24am

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William Winner · Answer 1 · 2010-10-14T11:44:00

Maybe not exactly what you were looking for, but it should provide you with a start:

A Resizable Graphical Rectangle[^]

[Response to other answer]
Well, it's actually written in C#, not C...big difference. Anyway, you can download C# Express as well and build it and then add it directly. Really, though, I wasn't intending it to be the solution, but it should provide you with some direction on where to go. Chances are you are not going to find a control like you want for free. You're going to have to build it yourself.

The simple parts are the border, the mouse behavior, and the background. The more difficult parts are really the resizing and the drawing. The article above shows one way you can do the resizing, though there are other ways as well.

db551 · Answer 2 · 2010-10-15T11:01:00

Solution 2

Thanks for the reply William.
This solution looks OK, but unfortunately it is in C. I only have VB 2010 express, so couldn't open the files.

Posted 15-Oct-10 11:01am

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William Winner 15-Oct-10 17:56pm

Posting an answer to reply to another answer is not the proper way. There is a link at the bottom of each answer that says "Add Comment". Click it and then whatever you submit will actually go to the author of the answer. Posting a new "answer" only lets you know that something has been done.

db551 15-Oct-10 23:45pm

thanks for the note