Let me ask you a few questions about working with the LineShape controls on a form . I am trying to use some lines on my form but it seems I can't handle them right . Here is a picture of my form in design time :
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As you can see , I have placed some labels and some lines (LineShape controls) on the current tab .
1) My first problem is that I can't select together both types of controls . I can either select only Lines or only controls that are not lines (i.e. labels and buttons) . However this is important to me because I need to move them all together a little bit upwards and I have to maintain their relative position .
2) Another problem has to do with the "Send to back" order . As you can see , the left table looks better because I have selected the correspondent labels , right-clicked and selected "Send to back" . This is nice , however on run time , when the Calculation button is pressed and the labels get their values , then the labels once again are above the Lines , as you can see in the next picture :
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3) Another problem is that (in design time) once I have "Sent to back" some controls , I can no longer select them ! For example all of the labels from the left table in the 1st picture are stuck on the form and I can't select them anymore !
4) Right now I am using VS 2008 . However maybe these problems don't appear on VS 2010 ?