C# vertical label in a Windows Forms

Question

Is it possible to display a label vertically in a Windows Forms?

Answer 1

Used pieces from others

Jeremy

public partial class VerticalLabel_UserControl : UserControl
{
    private IComponentChangeService _changeService;
    private string strPropertyText = "Vertical Text";

    public VerticalLabel_UserControl()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Always)]
    [Browsable(true)]
    [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Visible)]
    [Bindable(true)]
    public override string Text { get { return base.Text; } set { base.Text = value; this.Invalidate(); } }

    private void VerticalLabel_UserControl_SizeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GenerateTexture();
    }

    protected override void OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnTextChanged(e);
    }


    private void GenerateTexture()
    {
        StringFormat format = new StringFormat();
        format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
        format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
       // format.Trimming = StringTrimming.EllipsisCharacter;

        Bitmap img = new Bitmap(this.Height, this.Width);
        Graphics G = Graphics.FromImage(img);

        G.Clear(this.BackColor);

        SolidBrush brush_text = new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor);
        G.TextRenderingHint = System.Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.SingleBitPerPixelGridFit;
        G.DrawString(this.strPropertyText, this.Font, brush_text, new Rectangle(0, 0, img.Width, img.Height), format);

        img.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate270FlipNone);

        this.BackgroundImage = img;

        brush_text.Dispose();
    }

    public override System.ComponentModel.ISite Site
    {
        get
        {
            return base.Site;
        }
        set
        {
            _changeService = (IComponentChangeService)GetService(typeof(IComponentChangeService));
            if (_changeService != null)
                _changeService.ComponentChanged -= new ComponentChangedEventHandler(OnComponentChanged);
            base.Site = value;
            if (!DesignMode)
                return;
            _changeService = (IComponentChangeService)GetService(typeof(IComponentChangeService));
            if (_changeService != null)
                _changeService.ComponentChanged += new ComponentChangedEventHandler(OnComponentChanged);
        }
    }

    private void OnComponentChanged(object sender, ComponentChangedEventArgs ce)
    {
        VerticalLabel_UserControl label = ce.Component as VerticalLabel_UserControl;
        if (label == null || !label.DesignMode)
            return;
        if (((IComponent)ce.Component).Site == null || ce.Member == null || ce.Member.Name != "Text")
            return;

        //Causes the default text to be updated
        string strName = this.Name.ToLower();
        string strText = this.Text.ToLower();
        if (strText.Contains(strName))
        {
            this.Text = "Vertical Text";
        }
        else
        {
            strPropertyText = this.Text;
        }

        //Prints the text vertically
        GenerateTexture();
    }
}