like on windows paint, the text feature, where it places text anywhere on the painting surface, how would i do this ? and then, how would i add resizing properties to my rectagles lines and ellipses thanx smile...its your destiny :)

im looking for more like the text button on paint...ie the user clicks on the button, then clicks on a place on the drawing area and is able to write text there...then should beable to drag and drop the text if neccesary smile...its your destiny

im writing a drawing app in mfc, i just want to know how to let the user add text, ..im using the the tutorial off msdn called drawcli. if anyone knows alot about this tutorial, all the help is needed, but this is more important right now thanks Ryan smile...its your destiny

fisrtly how do i make arrows, lines, circles or squares objects that i can cut and paste and copy, then with that it would help me being able to save the diagram in xml, but not in diagram format but in code. this will help me edit the loaded version of the diagram, ie cutting and pasting lines and squares that were loaded from a saved diagram....an argoUML use case project smile...its your destiny

this is to rephrase my last question this project must be done on c++ or vc++, it must be something like argoUML, obviosly not as advanced. i want a user to create a design from a set of icons on a pallet, and then save the design and retrieve it and edit it.... any ideas and starting points... (thanx John m. for the reply) smile...its your destiny