How do I create drop lines while dragging a menu item on a WinForm?

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I want to mimic the functionality of Google Chrome/FireFox for example, when rearranging your bookmarks, when you are dragging the menu item, it creates a black line at the proposed drop point, like this:

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I've already implemented the Drag/Drop functionality to rearrange the menu, but I would like to add these separator lines as an additional feature.

Is there a way to do this within the .NET Framework (3.5) or shall I have to resort to Win32 api calls? Just wanted to ask before I went down that path.

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