panel control with

is there any free panel or frame or groupbox control that has a header where i can type text, maybe with gradient?

Thanks

I think you have to use GDI to draw border plus label to do that.
If you know WPF then this is a example about that :
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/rohatash/5311/ :)

will WPF work in .net 2.0?

Hi,

WPF is brought to world within .net 3.0 and you'd better follow that.
Then change it this way:

1. You get VS 2008

2. Take your old project.

3. Change the targetting to .net 3.0/3.5 so slight conversion takes place against your project files.

4. Ensure that the project is built and runs without changes

5. Add references to your WPF assemblies containing prepared WPF forms or add the form to a project

6. Use WPF interop bringing the form/control into Winforms

am targeting winxp upwards and .net 2.0 framework. am borderd about .net 3.0 download which is very large.

The following custom GroupBox I created has a TextBox where the Text of the GroupBox is usually located. I am sure the logic for sizing the TextBox could use some more work but my simple test it works fine.

Add the class (see attachment) to your project, build then place the control onto your form and try it out. Again I am sure it will need some tweaking which I do not have time at the moment to do.

Code:

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Public Class GroupBoxTextBox
    Inherits GroupBox
    Private WithEvents mTextBox As New TextBox

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        mTextBox = New TextBox
        mTextBox.Multiline = True
        mTextBox.Location = New Drawing.Point(0, 0)

        Me.Controls.Add(mTextBox)

        mTextBox.Text = mTextBox.Text
        MyBase.Text = ""

    End Sub
    Public Overrides Property Text() As String
        Get
            Return MyBase.Text
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)

            MyBase.Text = ""
            mTextBox.Text = Value

            Dim gr As Drawing.Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics
            Dim Size As Drawing.SizeF = gr.MeasureString(mTextBox.Text, Me.Font)

            Dim ProposedWidth As Integer = CInt(Size.Width + 20)

            If ProposedWidth < Me.ClientSize.Width Then
                mTextBox.Size = New Drawing.Size(ProposedWidth, CInt(Size.Height + 5))
            Else
                ' Constrain TextBox width within the parent client area
                mTextBox.Size = New Drawing.Size(Me.ClientSize.Width - 5, CInt(Size.Height + 5))
            End If

        End Set
    End Property
End Class

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