Graphic display of nodes on a form.panel

bourdett

I have created a custom user control which I call a Node. Basically a Node is just visual representation of a small black circle. In my mainForm I have an array of these NodeControls. I want to be able to run through the the array and Add all the controls to a Form.Panel control which I have created. I can add them to the contol now by just saying something like Location = new Drawing.Point( counter*32, yvalue); but I'm looking for a smart algorithm that will know how to place my object all over the screen without making it look terrible. I mean in one case there might be 5 object in which case showing them in a linear row like i do now is fine, but more then likely the case will be like perphaps up to 100 nodes. How can intelligently display these node, and also I will be adding lines (connections) between these nodes? Thanks Jason

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bourdett22y ago
Actually Since I posted this I learned that I can use Visio COM objects in C#. So in effect I can create a visio form and with C# I can add object to the form. This actually turns out to work really good. The problem I have now is that documentation for this is basically non-existant as far as I can see. I all over the MSDN and google. Microsoft does have one artcile that explains how to use visio COM objects in C# however it provides 0 code samples and no referance as to what all the function calls, and interfaces do. So basically it is like programming in the dark....trial and error. Does anyone know where I could find good docs on this or has anyone every tried to do this before. Thanks Jason
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axb92422y ago
Are you tying to create a electrical simulation program, similar to PSPICE. If you are I would like to see how made the nodes. Because I am trying to create an user interface for an electrical simulation program. Arindam
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