OK, I've managed to do it using ControlPaint.DrawReversibleFrame, since this method actually paints on the screen graphics not on the form.
Thanks... Alex On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:46:20 -0700, Bill Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Alex, > >Try using a label control (with a border) instead of a rectangle. This >will avoid the Z-order issues. > >Also, when I implemented the same thing, I used individual label controls >for each grab handle (with ForeColor and BackColor set to Black), and >controlled their movement and that of the box manually. It was easy, once >I got the hang of using delegates for the events. > >Bill > >On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:15:04 -0700, Alex Yakhnin ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi All, >> >>I am creating a kind of a form designer and trying to emulate moving the >>control during the design time on the form by drawing the rectangle, but >>the rectangle is allways drawn behind the control. I am using the Graphics >>object from the form and even tried to use the DrawRectangle and >>ControlPaint.DrawGrabHandle. >> >>Thanks... Alex >> >>You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >>subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
