thanks :D i haven't seen that article it really does what i want and seems to be really easy ;) do you want me to post when i get it working? again, thanks :)

Hi everyone, i'm trying to create a custom menu and i have done the menuitems paint but i have no idea how to paint the mainmenu bar cuz it has no events to override. thanks here's what i got: Image

you can set a temp var dim tmp as boolean when you press the button set it to true in the while code use this while tmp = true ... end while

well i'm trying to create a control that inherits from textbox or richtextbox to make the background gradient i use the following code : CODE Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) MyBase.OnPaint(e) Dim gbr As LinearGradientBrush = New LinearGradientBrush(New Rectangle(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height), Color.White, Color.Blue, LinearGradientMode.Horizontal) e.Graphics.FillRectangle(gbr, New Rectangle(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height)) End Sub but this isn't working... the backcolor in both is always white. can someone help? thanks in advance ;)