Lines in Picture Box

The line and shape controls are designed, just like their VB6 predecessors, to be at the bottom of the z-order.

If you which to draw a line on a picture box you could do this at runtime with code similar to the following example that draws an orange line horizontally across the middle of a picturebox control:

Dim intY As Integer = PictureBox1.Height / 2

PictureBox1.CreateGraphics.DrawLine(Pens.Orange, PictureBox1.ClientRectangle.Left, intY, PictureBox1.ClientRectangle.Right, intY)

JohnHart_MSFT at 2007-10-3 >

To use the same color as the PictureBox.BackColor all you need to do is create a new pen.

For example:

Dim intY As Integer = PictureBox1.Height / 2

Dim p As New System.Drawing.Pen(PictureBox1.BackColor)

PictureBox1.CreateGraphics.DrawLine(p, PictureBox1.ClientRectangle.Left, intY, PictureBox1.ClientRectangle.Right, intY)

PictureBox1.Refresh

JohnHart_MSFT at 2007-10-3 >