how can i show a ruler on my windows form?

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For showing simulation, i want to put a ruler on my form. is there any tool avalaible or i have to put an image of ruler?

Posted 4-Nov-11 9:10am

Sweety Khan

Updated 4-Nov-11 15:08pm

Wonde Tadesse

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Solution 3

You should use Picturebox for it i dont know any workable tool for you on ToolBox.Maybe you should search for an API

Posted 4-Nov-11 11:56am

SercanOzdemir

Updated 4-Nov-11 11:57am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Nov-11 19:38pm

And yes, never use PictureBox -- it can be used in principle but won't add any functionality compared to just Control with OnPaint; using PictureBox is a known common mistake.
--SA

SercanOzdemir 4-Nov-11 19:45pm

If it is so necessary than always you can use it.No problem!

Solution 1

Try
MSDN-[Form.Scale Method][^]
For further Reference
MSDN-[Automatic Scaling in Windows Forms] [^]
To Crop or Scale Images you can read
MSDN-[How to: Crop and Scale Images ][^]

Posted 4-Nov-11 9:15am

RaviRanjanKr

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Sweety Khan 4-Nov-11 15:20pm

not this scaling. i mean ruler

RaviRanjanKr 4-Nov-11 15:26pm

so you should edit your question and must have define about ruler. whatever You can go through this -[ http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/ruler.aspx ] article which might help you to learn how to Implement it.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Nov-11 19:36pm

I think the question is clear enough in first place -- I provided a solution, please see.
--SA

Wonde Tadesse 4-Nov-11 21:06pm

5+ for reference.

RaviRanjanKr 5-Nov-11 2:21am

Thanks Wonde :)

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-04T09:45:00

Solution 2

As I can understand, the Ruler is just a visual element. Make it by sub-classing of System.Windows.Forms.Control, override its OnPaint method for rendering, make rendering depending on the size of a parent control, call System.Windows.Forms.Control.Invalidate of your Ruler instance when resizing, presentation option modification and all other events where the loop of this control should be changed.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.aspx[^].

—SA

Posted 4-Nov-11 9:45am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 4-Nov-11 15:04pm

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Wonde Tadesse 4-Nov-11 21:06pm

5+ for your answer

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Nov-11 21:15pm

Thank you, Wonde.
--SA

Sweety Khan 6-Nov-11 4:50am

thanx but still i dont understand from where i should start