Re: draw over child controls

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Use the ControlPaint DrawReversiblexxx routines. They cheat by drawing
directly on the decktop so over the top of the child controls too.

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"Michele" <m.0.m@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all!
I'm writing a win form application in c# with framework 2.0.

I have a panel on which I add my custom controls.
I'd like the panel to draw a mouse selection rectangle: exactly the
same as windows explorer does when you want to select more than one
file dragging the mouse.

I've tried to draw a blue semi-transparent rectangle overriding panel's
OnPaint method, but child controls are always drawn over it.

How could I obtain the same?
I could change my custom control's model... but is there another way?
Thanks in advance.



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