Creating a checker board in C# winform

Question

I am using the PictureBox class to create a checkerboard, and it not really working all that well. I've created the loop:

PictureBox[,] squares = new PictureBox[10,10];
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
            {
                squares[i, j] = new PictureBox();
                squares[i,j].Image = Chess.Properties.Resources.square;
                squares[i, j].BackColor = Color.Transparent;
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            for(int j = 0; j < 10; j++)
            {
                squares[i, j].Location = new Point(i * 30, j * 30);
                this.Controls.Add(squares[i, j]);
            }
        }

It's supposed to create a 10x10 grid, and I added the image into the application resources. Each square is 20x20 pixels, and I loop by column. I thought it would work, but all I get is 6 images and the size just gets smaller.

Am I missing something? Or any good alternatives in creating a checkerboard without using PictureBox? Any thing with a MouseLeave, MouseHover, MouseClick, events I can use.

Answer 1

If you're just doing basic drawing, you can create a single control (perhaps a UserControl subclass) and override the OnPaint() method. See http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial50_Drawing-with-Csharp.html for a sample tutorial. You'll also be able to override the various methods pertinent for mouse-handling.