drawing down arrow

25 Jan 2006 7:54 PM

Brian Henry

Using controlpaint i can draw an arrorw pointing to the right like this
ControlPaint.DrawMenuGlyph(e.Graphics, New Rectangle(0, 0,
e.Item.Bounds.Width, e.Item.Bounds.Height), MenuGlyph.Arrow)

but i need to draw that same arrorw pointing down for a dropdown menu type
situation... anyone know any quick easy ways to do this? thanks!

25 Jan 2006 8:10 PM

Ken Halter

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>
> but i need to draw that same arrorw pointing down for a dropdown menu type
> situation... anyone know any quick easy ways to do this? thanks!
>

fwiw, MS uses the Marlett font for combobox's and similar controls....

In VB6 (sorry... that's what I know <g>), this'll make a command button look
like the dropdown button on a combobox (except for the larger arrow). Use
the Character Map utility to find the characters (or their character codes)
'=========
Private Sub Form_Load()
   With Command1
      With .Font
         .Name = "Marlett"
         .Size = 12
         .Bold = True
      End With
      .Caption = "u"
   End With
End Sub
'=========

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26 Jan 2006 2:41 AM

Toff McGowen

Why cant you just rotate the canvas 90 degrees using the code your already
using?

tm

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> >
> > but i need to draw that same arrorw pointing down for a dropdown menu
type
> > situation... anyone know any quick easy ways to do this? thanks!
> >
>
> fwiw, MS uses the Marlett font for combobox's and similar controls....
>
> In VB6 (sorry... that's what I know <g>), this'll make a command button
look
> like the dropdown button on a combobox (except for the larger arrow). Use
> the Character Map utility to find the characters (or their character
codes)
> '=========
> Private Sub Form_Load()
>    With Command1
>       With .Font
>          .Name = "Marlett"
>          .Size = 12
>          .Bold = True
>       End With
>       .Caption = "u"
>    End With
> End Sub
> '=========
>
> --
> Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB (visiting from VB6 world) - http://www.vbsight.com
> Please keep all discussions in the groups..
>
>

26 Jan 2006 11:02 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Toff McGowen" <t*@toff.com> schrieb:
> Why cant you just rotate the canvas 90 degrees using the code your already
> using?

ACK. You may want to try 'Graphics.RotateTransform'.

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27 Jan 2006 9:13 PM

Brian Henry

thanks! didn't know that was available

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> "Toff McGowen" <t*@toff.com> schrieb:
>> Why cant you just rotate the canvas 90 degrees using the code your
>> already
>> using?
>
> ACK. You may want to try 'Graphics.RotateTransform'.
>
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> M S Herfried K. Wagner
> M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>