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Introduction
This article explains very simple implementation of a outlook style groupbox. This control also
supports transparent background.

Features
Following are the customizable things in this control
Groupbox border color
Back image or icon

Transparent background
This is achieved by using follwing code.
bool_isTransparent=false;
[Browsable(true),Category("Appearance")]
publicboolIsTransparent
{
get{return_isTransparent;}
set
{
_isTransparent=value;
if(_isTransparent==true)
{
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor,true);
this.BackColor=Color.Transparent;
}
Invalidate();
}
}

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usingSystem;
usingSystem.Collections;
usingSystem.ComponentModel;
usingSystem.Drawing;
usingSystem.Data;
usingSystem.Windows.Forms;
namespaceOwf.Controls
{
publicpartialclassOutlookGroupBox:Panel
{
[Browsable(true)]
publicnewstringText
{
get{returnbase.Text;}
set
{
base.Text=value;
Invalidate();
}
}

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privateColor_lineColor=SystemColors.Highlight;
[Browsable(true),Category("Appearance")]
publicColorLineColor
{
get{return_lineColor;}
set
{
_lineColor=value;
Invalidate();
}
}

privateImage_image;
[Browsable(true),Category("Appearance")]
publicImageImage
{
get{return_image;}
set
{
if(value!=null)
{
_image=value;
_icon=null;
Invalidate();
}
}
}
privateIcon_icon;
[Browsable(true),Category("Appearance")]
publicIconIcon
{
get{return_icon;}
set
{
if(value!=null)
{
_icon=value;
_image=null;
Invalidate();
}
}
}
bool_isTransparent=false;
[Browsable(true),Category("Appearance")]
publicboolIsTransparent
{
get{return_isTransparent;}
set
{
_isTransparent=value;
if(_isTransparent==true)
{
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor,true);
this.BackColor=Color.Transparent;
}
Invalidate();
}
}
publicOutlookGroupBox()
{
InitializeComponent();
SetStyles();
}
publicOutlookGroupBox(IContainercontainer)
{
container.Add(this);
InitializeComponent();
SetStyles();
}
voidSetStyles()
{
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.DoubleBuffer,true);
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint,true);
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw,true);
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint,true);
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor,true);
}
privatevoidOutlookGroupBox_Paint(objectsender,PaintEventArgse)
{
Fontfont=this.Font;
SizeFsize=e.Graphics.MeasureString(this.Text,font);
e.Graphics.DrawString(this.Text,font,newSolidBrush(this.ForeColor),1,1);
e.Graphics.DrawLine(newPen(_lineColor),size.Width+3,(size.Height+3)/2,
this.Width5,(size.Height+3)/2);
if(_image!=null)
{
e.Graphics.DrawImageUnscaled(_image,this.Padding.Left,this.Padding.Top);
}
elseif(_icon!=null)
{
e.Graphics.DrawIconUnstretched(_icon,newRectangle(this.Padding.Left,
this.Padding.Top,_icon.Width,_icon.Height));
}

}
}
}

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