[2005]ListBox Background Image???

Hi all,

Is it possible to set image as a ListBoxs background??? ListBox doesn't have BackGroundImage property, so is it possible to be done?

please help,
sweet_dreams

you have to make up your own ListBox:

VB Code:

Public Class MyListBox
    Inherits ListBox
    Private BGImage As Image
    Public Overrides Property BackgroundImage() As Image
        Get
            Return BGImage
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Image)
            BGImage = Value
        End Set
    End Property
    Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
        Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
        g.DrawImage(BGImage, New PointF(0, 0))
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub Refre****em(ByVal index As Integer)
 
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub SetItemsCore(ByVal items As System.Collections.IList)
 
    End Sub
End Class

EDIT: The stars refer to "Refresh Item"

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ComputerJy

you have to make up your own ListBox:

VB Code:

Public Class MyListBox
    Inherits ListBox
    Private BGImage As Image
    Public Overrides Property BackgroundImage() As Image
        Get
            Return BGImage
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As Image)
            BGImage = Value
        End Set
    End Property
    Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
        Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
        g.DrawImage(BGImage, New PointF(0, 0))
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub Refre****em(ByVal index As Integer)
 
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub SetItemsCore(ByVal items As System.Collections.IList)
 
    End Sub
End Class

EDIT: The stars refer to "Refresh Item"

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I am not very proficient in subclassing and / or building custom controls. Can you pl elaborate how to use the above code ?

Just put that code in a file, save it. And instead of declaring

VB Code:

Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As New ListBox

use

VB Code:

Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As New MyListBox

And use ListBox1.BackgroundImage to set the Image property