How to draw a rectangle on a control

[Wallabie]

Hi everyone

I want to draw a rounded rectangle on a TabControl page. I've tried using .CreateGraphics method but nothing happens. (I also need to draw a line)

I can draw on the form ok but i can't draw on the tabpage, I tried using paint events(base OnPaint) but there's no paint event for the TabControl so does anyone know how this can be done?

I also want to draw a line across a listview but like the TabControl this doesn't work either.

Can anyone help?

[Wallabie]

Ignore this, I just called the OnPaint event again and it now draws the rounded rectangle and line ok.

[Pirate]

Every control that inherits Control class has Graphics object associated with it . It's called CreateGraphics that acts like a graphics object which is used for drawing different shapes . It has also ready to used methods (Draw... , Fill.....) .

You can do this for example :

Label.CreateGraphics().DrawLine(..........) .