continuation from the topic titled "label forecolour"
i've started to make the usercontrol but i'm quickly realizing that i dont know what i'm doing.
what i'm trying to do is use the text property of the label (my control inherits the Label class) and the first part of whatever is in the text property is in one color and the rest is in another color (i got the two colors part working) but what i need is for it to not call the MyBase.Paint and only call mine
at one point i had both displaying right now only the baseclass gets display
this is what i have thusfar:
i've started to make the usercontrol but i'm quickly realizing that i dont know what i'm doing.
what i'm trying to do is use the text property of the label (my control inherits the Label class) and the first part of whatever is in the text property is in one color and the rest is in another color (i got the two colors part working) but what i need is for it to not call the MyBase.Paint and only call mine
at one point i had both displaying right now only the baseclass gets display
this is what i have thusfar:
VB.NET:
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Public Class NewLabel
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Label
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'UserControl overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
components = New System.ComponentModel.Container
End Sub
#End Region
Private clrForeColor2 As Color = Color.Blue
Private intForeColor1Length As Integer = 1
Private Shadows Event Paint As PaintEventHandler
Public Property ForeColor2() As Color
Get
Return clrForeColor2
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Color)
clrForeColor2 = Value
'RaiseEvent me.Paint()
End Set
End Property
Public Property ForeColor1Length() As Integer
Get
Return intForeColor1Length
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
intForeColor1Length = Value
End Set
End Property
Private Sub MyPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
' Create font and brush.
Dim Font As Font = Me.Font '("Arial", 10)
Dim ForeColor1 As New SolidBrush(Me.ForeColor)
Dim ForeColor2 As New SolidBrush(Me.ForeColor2)
Dim strForeColor1 As String
Dim strForeColor2 As String
Dim intCounter As Integer
For intCounter = 1 To Me.ForeColor1Length
strForeColor1 &= Mid(Me.Text, intCounter, 1)
Next intCounter
For intCounter = (Me.ForeColor1Length + 1) To Len(Me.Text)
strForeColor2 &= Mid(Me.Text, intCounter, 1)
Next
' Create rectangle for drawing.
Dim x As Single = 1.0F
Dim y As Single = 2.0F
Dim MyWidth As Single = e.Graphics.MeasureString(strForeColor1, Font).Width
'Dim height As Single = Me.Height
Dim drawRect As New RectangleF(x, y, Width, Height)
'Dim blackPen As New Pen(Color.Black)
e.Graphics.DrawString(strForeColor1, Font, ForeColor1, drawRect)
e.Graphics.DrawString(strForeColor2, Font, ForeColor2, MyWidth - 4, y)
End Sub
End Class