Shapes control in vb.net

Question

Is there anything like shapes control of VB 6.0, in Vb.Net? I need to draw lines etc. at design time. But I could not find any shapes control in the toolbox.

Thanks Furqan

Solution 1

Microsoft released the free Microsoft Visual Basic Power Pack that contains Line and Shape controls that you can add to the tool box. A post here suggests it is included in VS2008 SP1 so you may already have it.

Alternatively you can create your own using a panel and override the onPaint event.

Solution 2

no built in controls but you can easily achieve the same goal with some API calls: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bbw12xs4(v=VS.90).aspx