A Simple Multiline Label Control

//DiamondDrake 2010 www.DiamondDrake.com
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace DiamondDrake.Controls
{
    public class LabelBox : Control
    {
        public LabelBox()
        {
            //Set up double buffering and a little extra.
            this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint | ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer |
            ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint | ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor,
            true);

            //set up some default values
            this.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
            _stringformat = new StringFormat();
            _stringformat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Near;
            _stringformat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
            this.Font = new Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F);
        }

        private StringFormat _stringformat;

        public StringAlignment VerticalAlignment
        {
            get { return _stringformat.LineAlignment; }
            set { _stringformat.LineAlignment = value; this.Invalidate(); }
        }
        public StringAlignment HorizontalAlignment
        {
            get { return _stringformat.Alignment; }
            set { _stringformat.Alignment = value; this.Invalidate(); }
        }
        

        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnPaint(e);

            e.Graphics.DrawString(this.Text, this.Font, new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor), this.ClientRectangle, _stringformat);
        }


    }
    
}