How can I flatten ComboBox in vbnet

[vbnetuk]

Hi there

I have some inherited Controls in my application and i would like to make them flatcontrols .

Is there anybody out there who has a class which I can pass my control and make it flat.?

Preferably in vb.net.

Thanks
Gabriel

[Edneeis]

Man the combobox is of the devil, you can ownerdraw it or override the paint but really there is a textbox constitue control in there and I don't know how to get a handle to it. So when you paint on it you can only paint the combo part around the text part and sometimes that makes the textbox part not match.

Although I was trying to draw over the whole thing so maybe there is a way to flat it. I have the code at work I'll post it tomorrow.

[vbnetuk]

Hi there.
Thanks for your reply.

Its proving a real nightmare too make these badly control look good.

I have tried to convert into vb.net a control that a guy on http://www.codeproject.com/cs/combob...etcombobox.asp
but I failed.

It didnt draw properly.

My idea was to create a general class where I could pass the control and that would flatten it.
But may be is not worth the hassle.

If anybody can convert the above successfully would be great.

Thanks
Gabriel

[PT Exorcist]

each control type is different so u cant just make a class that would flatten all the controls

[vbnetuk]

What about flatten a combobox
Anybody done that in vb.net

Thanks for any suggestions or examples
Gabriel

[Edneeis]

Yeah I say that link before and it looks great I was just too lazy to decipher all of the UtilityLibrary.

[Edneeis]

Well here is the attempt I mentioned before. It should give you a push in the right direction, albeit a small one. It would be easy if there wasn't that inner edit control. Let me know if you get further and I will try to help more if I can.

[vbnetuk]

Hi Thanks for emailing the flatcombo
I will have a look and I far I get.

[Edneeis]

Here is another way to do it which I don't like all that well but it is closer to working. In the derived class I just add a textbox and panel to the combobox.controls collection and place them properly.

[Edneeis]

Ok now I have decided that I hate the ComboBox and it must die! Anyone with information to the where abouts of said ComboBox, or knowledge of how to destroy it please notify me at, [email protected]

[crpietschmann]

I hate the combobox object.

I also hate the textbox object. You can't make the scrollbars ownerdrawn!!!