Neither Invalidate() nor Refresh() invokes OnPaint()

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Published on 2010-04-13T08:15:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/13 8:23 UTC
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I'm trying to get from Line #1 to Line #2 in the below code:

using System;  
using System.Windows.Forms;  

namespace MyNameSpace  
{  
    internal class MyTextBox : System.Windows.Forms.TextBox  
    {  
        protected override void OnEnabledChanged(EventArgs e)  
        {  
            base.OnEnabledChanged(e);  
            Invalidate(); // Line #1 - can get here  
            Refresh();  
        }

       protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)  
       {
            base.OnPaint(e);   
            System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(); // Line #2 - can't get here  
       }  
    }  
}  

However, it seems that neiter Invalidate() nor Refresh() causes OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) to be invoked. Two questions:

  1. Why doesn't it work?
  2. If it can't be fixed: I only want to invoke OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) in order to access the e.Graphics object - is there any other way to do this?

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