Hi !

In your demo application you add Tablenodes like this:

private void OnCreateEntityBtn(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AddEntityForm form = new AddEntityForm();

if (form.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK)
return;

float rh = _diagram.TableRowHeight;
float th = _diagram.TableCaptionHeight;
float totalh = th + 4 * rh;
TableNode t = _diagram.Factory.CreateTableNode(5, 5, 30 + 2 * rh, totalh);

t.Caption = form.EntityName;
t.Tag = form.EntityDescription;

// Create the help button
RectangleF rc = t.Bounds;
ShapeNode btn = _diagram.Factory.CreateShapeNode(rc.Left + 1.4f,
rc.Bottom - rh, rh, rh);
btn.Transparent = true;
btn.Image = _generalImageList.Images[2];
btn.ImageAlign = ImageAlign.Center;
btn.AttachTo(t, AttachToNode.BottomLeft);
btn.Locked = true;
btn.Tag = 1;
....... 

How can I use this buttons? Must I assign the click event directly to the button or is there any other mechanism?

Greetings
  Dominik

Hi Stoyan,

thx for that information.

Quote:

That looks much better than the Tablenodes 

But is there a way to have AnchorPoints, too?
We use it this way with tablenodes:


And could you tell me how to change the behaviour of drawing connections?
If draw a connection from an out to an in Anchor the line doesn´t use the direct way. It always uses angles like in the picture.
Could you tell me how to have only a direkt line during the drawing of the connection?

The red arrows show the line during connection drawing.
The black arrow is what I need during connection drawing ...

Hi !

I tried the compositeNode and it seems much more flexible.

I also get some Anchors in the node. But I can´t connect the anchors.

Can you tell me what´s wrong here?

	  static public CompositeNode EntityCompCreate(Diagram diagram, ImageList images, string EntityName)
	  {
		CompositeNode node = new CompositeNode(diagram);
		node.Bounds = new RectangleF(10, 10, 60, 40);
		node.Brush = new LinearGradientBrush(Color.RoyalBlue, Color.LightSkyBlue, 45);

		StackPanel panel = new StackPanel();
		panel.Orientation = MindFusion.Diagramming.Components.Orientation.Horizontal;
		panel.Spacing = 1;

		node.Components.Add(panel);

		AnchorPoint ptin = new AnchorPoint(30, 46, true, false, Color.Red, 0);
		ptin.MarkStyle = MarkStyle.Circle;
		AnchorPoint ptout = new AnchorPoint(60, 46, false, true, Color.Red, 3);
		ptout.MarkStyle = MarkStyle.Circle;

		node.AnchorPattern = new AnchorPattern();
		node.AnchorPattern.Points.Add(ptin);
		node.AnchorPattern.Points.Add(ptout);

		diagram.Nodes.Add(node);

		return node;
	  } 

Hi !

I tried it interactively ...

I can´t grap the Anchor with the mouse. If I press the left mouse button I only can move the node.

I have done a small video ...
I think that makes things clear

http://www.logview.info/Temp/Anchor.wmv

Greetz Dominik