Thank you! Just needed it.

Why don't you just call the button's Select method in the form Load handler, and then set the form's ActiveControl to the button? That will select the button and give it a focus rect. Josh

Thank you very much for that explanation! That clears up one of the mysteries. What my problem has been from the start is that when I load a tabpage, if the first control is one of my buttons, it doesn't highlight and you can't tell that it has focus. What I've been doing to get around this is to focus on the control that's one tabstop before my button and SendKeys.Send("{Tab}"); which does highlight the button. As soon as a button on the tabpage has been highlighted, all buttons will highlight when focused on until I leave the tabpage and return again. So I've deleted the focus call since the button has tabstop 0. I want the rectangle to disappear when focus is lost, so if it would just draw this first time, I'd be happy (is there a way to tell the system that it has control without having to call anything?). But nothing at all draws after deleting the button2.Focus(), regardless of whether there's a MessageBox before, after, or not at all. So I tried adding the PaintEventArg for the button and moved the code into it. I also added a bool called focus since I only want the button to have the rectangle when it's in focus. private void focusPaint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e) { if (focus == true) { int x = toggleLength.ClientRectangle.Location.X + 3; int y = toggleLength.ClientRectangle.Location.Y + 3; int w = toggleLength.ClientRectangle.Width - 6; int h = toggleLength.ClientRectangle.Height - 6; Rectangle r = new Rectangle(x,y,w,h); ControlPaint.DrawFocusRectangle(e.Graphics, r, Color.Red, Color.Red); focus = false; } } This results in me never being able to move to another control (using the up/down arrow keys - only with the mouse). When I returned control to the system (by adding a Messagebox above the if (focus == true)), I could move without problem. I also noticed that if I replace the e.Graphics with my original Graphics.FromHwnd(toggleLength.Handle), it wouldn't draw with or without system control, which I don't understand. (Maybe if I get that working I wouldn't need to add a Paint event?) I'm not sure what else to try. Thanks so much for any thoughts!!!!!! Mel -- modified at 15:59 Friday 28th April, 2006

Thanks! That worked. Mel :)

Thanks! That's exactly what I'm looking for. Cheers, Mel

Accidentally fixed my problem. Just needed to call device.Reset(params); since I'm doing some other things before getting to this stage. Cheers, Mel

Are the dimensions of your bitmap powers of 2? If I recall correctly they have to be powers of two to work as textures. I hope this helps. Deus caritas est

Your solution looks like a hack. Did you try setting the TabIndex property in the Designer to set the right Tab order? Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Blog | My Articles | WinMacro

hi melanieab! :) i think if you inherited the Label, it already supports transparency. try to remove the override property you've added. if still doesn't allow transparency, add this line of code on the constructor of your control. SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor, true) hope that helps! :) microsoc :cool:

Why did you set the textbox as the labels parent? There's no need to do this. All you have to do is call the labels BringToFront method to get it sit on top of other controls. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

hi! :) you can try this one: protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) { base.OnPaint(e); if(this.Focused) { Rectangle rec = new Rectangle(1, 1, Width - 2 , Height - 2); } ControlPaint.DrawFocusRectangle(e.Graphics, rec, ForeColor, BackColor); } } hope that helps! :)

Have you tried sending the WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK message to the control using the SendMessage[^] Win32 API? That said, when you're resorting to faking mouse clicks, often times there's a better solution. Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Little House on the Flickr Judah Himango

Thanks!

Where is the function: 'BitBlt'? Is it a Win32 function or is it somewhere in the .Net Framework, or did you write it? I get "system.drawing.dll Additional information: A generic error occurred in GDI+" in any application when I try to save a Bitmap to the same file more than once. Try changing the name of this file after every save. Ex: First time name would be "sCurrentPage0.bmp" then "sCurrentPage1.bmp" "sCurrentPage2.bmp"...

Are you sure your datagrid shows selection when it doesn't have focus? It may be that the tab control maintains focus when you switch between tabs. The return from MessageBox may be handled in a different way (i.e. set focus to first tab stop). Try replacing {this.dg.Select(row);} With {this.dg.Select(row);this.dg.Focus();}

Sorry i don't have the solution but your problem is with the mouse down and up events. When you click your mouse, in the mouse down event a cell is being selected so the row is not selected. Making IsSelected() return false evey time. Hope that helps you find a solution. Cheers Kev

Sorry, I didn't see it at first, but I stumbled upon the IsSelected method. Guess that makes sense. :-O Cheers, Mel

Thanks! Mel

Hi! I use CurrentCell to get the text in the cell. private void dgMouseMove(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e) { System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid.HitTestInfo hitInfo = dg.HitTest(new Point(e.X, e.Y)); if (hitInfo.Row < tCat.Rows.Count && hitInfo.Row > -1) { dg.CurrentCell = new DataGridCell(hitInfo.Row,hitInfo.Column); DataGridCell dc = dg.CurrentCell; string txt = dg[dc].ToString(); if (txt.Length > 10){ //tooltip stuff } } } There's one more case where I have this problem of a beige cell background and highlighted text - when I click on a cell (on MouseDown). As soon as the mouse comes back up, it goes back to the colors I want it to be. Is there any way to get rid of this? Thanks so much! Mel