See the ongoing discussion at http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=1649&select=853699&df=100&noise=1&fr=46.5#xx853699xx[^]. This may help. Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

Windows Forms controls (as well as many classes in the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL) encapsulate native APIs. You need to research and understand the Windows APIs and common controls to do what you want. For instance, read the Windows Controls[^] and Windowing[^] sections in the Platform SDK. You need to understand window handles, styles, and message pumps. You might try searching CodeProject for existing managed samples (in C#, VB.NET, whatever - it all gets compiled to roughly the same thing), but you'll most likely find the majority of samples in VC++ or MFC. Writing custom menu bars and toolbars in VC++ or MFC is very common and there are plenty of samples both here on CodeProject and on sites like CodeGuru[^]. For example, you'll want to override the protected CreateParams property in your control derivative and use the WS_POPUP (0x80000000) window style. See the Platform SDK for more details about that, which should give you some idea of where to start. Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

Some advice: 1. always use project references. if you look in your .csproj file you'll notice the references use GUIDs, this means you have a project ref. however, you can only do this if you are referencing a project in the same solution. 2. if you have web projects, delete your VsWebCache, and make sure you don't have a run away process. just to be safe you could kill aspnet_wp.exe or restart iis. [deleting vswebcache] [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { foreach (string dir in Directory.GetDirectories(@"c:\documents and settings")) { string webCacheDir = dir + @"\VSWebCache"; if (Directory.Exists(webCacheDir)) { Console.WriteLine("Deleting " + webCacheDir + "..."); Directory.Delete(webCacheDir, true); } } } R.Bischoff Denn Gott hat die Menschen so sehr geliebt, daß er seinen einzigen Sohn für sie hergab. Jeder, der an ihn glaubt, wird nicht verlorengehen, sondern das ewige Leben haben

See the Platform SDK for information on GDI and GDI+. From what I've seen, the .NET base class library doesn't support such a featre. As far as ClearType goes, I'm not sure were you can find resources but the best place to start would probably be http://www.microsoft.com/typography/[^]. Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles

arrrrrgggggghh... Using the interface works fine, except when it is in my new thread. damn.