Diagonal Lines

[Craig]

This may be a very obvious question, is it possible to draw a diagonal line onto a form

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[vis781]

Yes, of course it's possible. You would do something like this in the forms on paint event.

e.graphics.drawline(50,50,300,300)

where the first two 50's are the starting point of your line on the x,y axis and the last two numbers represent the end point of the line on the x,y axis.

 

[Craig]

Thanks alot.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Moved from VB.NET General forum.

 

[Craig]

This error occurs

Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'DrawLine' accepts this number of arguments.

I used this to test it.

    Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint
        e.Graphics.DrawLine(50, 50, 300, 300)
    End Sub

 

[vis781]

That was just an example of how to use it, you also need a pen object with which to draw your line. Either of the following two methods are what you need..

e.graphics.drawline(new pen(color.black),30,30,500,500)

or

dim MyPen as New Pen(color.black)
e.graphics.drawline(MyPen,30,30,500,500)

 

[Craig]

Works perfect, thanks