Invalidates the specified area of the control that is displayed on the design surface and signals the control designer to redraw the control.
- rectangle
- A System.Drawing.Rectangle object that represents the area to invalidate, relative to the upper-left corner of the control.
To enable the control designer to handle paint events, use the ControlDesigner.SetViewFlags(ViewFlags, bool) method in the ControlDesigner.Initialize(System.ComponentModel.IComponent) method.
The ControlDesigner.Invalidate(System.Drawing.Rectangle) method provides the design host with a way to instruct the control designer to redraw a specific part of the control.