Comments by thechazm (Top 13 by date)

No just a simple panel. I have a list on the right side of the screen. When the user clicks and drags that name from the list into the panel it creates the object I am trying to get to work. Then I want the user to be able to draw lines from one object to the others by using connector points that should stick just outside the control. Ok here's a question. So what If I fill the control's backcolor minusing 5 or 10 to make the outside of the control look hidden. Then have the rectangles draw in the same places but then they would look like they are sticking out just a bit? Is that possible?

So if I understand you correctly with your statement's above is that I cannot draw a rectangle outside of my control? Can I stack onther controls on top of my control that would stick out just a little? The Idea is that I want it to be one object but the connector points will be used for resizing and drawing lines from.

I am drawing the parent rectangle (or rectangle's) in a panel that fills most of the form. So yes plenty of room for that. The construction of the custom control or parent (as we are calling it) inherits from the Control class. Then I pass it the size with (this.Size = new Size(300, 150);). And in my onpaint override I fill the control with a color (g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(this.BackColor), this.ClientRectangle);).

Ok yes I do see the rectangle now but I do want it sticking out below the initial rectangle as this is a connector for an object. Kindof like visio or power point objects. Do you know how I can accomplish this?

Thanks for the info.

Thank you very much for your time and help on this. I finally have the right mind set to get this thing done. I kept wrapping myself around the appropriate object but I didn't understand was that any object could be used in this manner. Thanks for helping me out!

Yes that is the right Idea I was going for but what object or control should I modify that would work best?
Should I just make a custom connector object inheriting from Control or what?

I would imagine the process is roughly the same between the two (WPF, and winforms). And thanks for the steps at the bottem. See the main issue I am having is I have a custom control that is just a simple panel and I thought if I added other panels to that panel as smaller objects located on the top, bottom, left, and right sides that I could manage the events and effects from that.
But I cannot seem to get the small panels to stick outside of the main panel just a bit. It keeps cropping it off at the end of the main panel. So I need some way to build controls on top of other controls and be able to have it going on the inside edge of the control and on the outer edge.

I updated the question. Hopefully its understandable.

I updated the question. Hopefully its understandable.