how to draw shapes on label which have gradient background color in C#?

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I created a application, which show the gradient effect on label background. At the meantime I want to draw some shapes on that label with graphic class. but the shapes are not visible on label background,If I removed the gradient effect from the label then it's visible..

So, how to draw the shapes on label which have gradient background color(without removing the gradient effect from label)??

My code for gradient effect is -:

C#

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ForPrintPre
{
    public partial class GradientEffect : Form
    {
        Color c1=Color.Yellow, c2=Color.Green;
        Graphics grx;
        int countInt=0;
        public GradientEffect()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            grx = label1.CreateGraphics();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            colorDialog1.ShowDialog();
            c1 = colorDialog1.Color;            
            label1.Invalidate();
        }             

        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            colorDialog1.ShowDialog();
            c2 = colorDialog1.Color;
            label1.Invalidate();
        }

        private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            grx.Clear(label1.BackColor);
            if (comboBox1.Text == "Rectangle")
            {                
                grx.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Brushes.Black),new Rectangle(10,10,label1.Width-30,label1.Height-30));
            }
            else if(comboBox1.Text=="Circle")
            {
                grx.DrawArc(new Pen(Brushes.Black),10,10,label1.Width-30,label1.Height-30,0,360);
            }
            else if (comboBox1.Text == "Line")
            {
                grx.DrawLine(new Pen(Brushes.Black), 10, 10, label1.Width - 30, 10);
            }
        }

        private void label1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            Color tem1 = Color.FromArgb(150, c1);
            Color tem2 = Color.FromArgb(150, c2);
            Brush b = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(label1.ClientRectangle, c1, c2, 20);
            e.Graphics.FillRectangle(b,label1.ClientRectangle);
        }
    }
}

thanks in advance!!!

Posted 17-Feb-13 16:40pm

JayantaChatterjee

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Feb-13 22:45pm

This is a wrong way to show code sample. How do we that your methods are event handlers, of which events? You should always show how you add event handlers to the invocation lists of the event instances, in other words, all relevant "+=" operators.
You should not use auto-generated names. Rename all such names to makes them semantically sensible and observe naming conventions (auto-generated names violate them, auto generation just cannot do better).
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-17T16:50:00

Please see my comment to the question.

The problem is quite apparent. The code is incorrect, because you do rendering on click events. The drawing happens, but it does not persist. You should do all the rendering in your handler of the event Paint, or in the overridden OnPaint method. Use only the instance of Graphics obtained from event arguments.

You gradient is done correctly, shapes are not. Your handler of the mouse event handlers should only modify some data (store it in a control class, for example), and trigger re-rendering by calling Control.Invalidate.

Please see my past answers:
Drawing Lines between mdi child forms[^],
capture the drawing on a panel[^],
What kind of playful method is Paint? (DataGridViewImageCell.Paint(...))[^],
How to speed up my vb.net application?[^].

[EDIT]

I'm not saying that you never should do drawing in mouse event handlers. Sometimes you can, but this is an advanced technique. You should understand that the rendered drawing will not persist unless you reproduce the drawing in OnPaint. My past answer explaining how WM_PAINT works should explain it for your.

—SA