Own Drawn Forms

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mayanc

Hi,

I would like to write a skinable form but I really don't know where to
start from.
Which function should I override in order to draw the form by myslef?
How do I draw each Windows element (borders, Title, Max. box etc.)
separately?

Do you know of a tutorial for doing this?

Thanks,
Mayan
 
mayanc said:
Hi,

I would like to write a skinable form but I really don't know where to
start from.
Which function should I override in order to draw the form by myslef?
How do I draw each Windows element (borders, Title, Max. box etc.)
separately?

Do you know of a tutorial for doing this?
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I could be wrong about this, having only ever drawn in the client area,
but I think you can accomplish it without trickery using the GDI+ calls
supplied by the framework. A decent book on Windows Forms ought to guide
the way; I saw some pretty impressive demos as far back as Oct 2001
showing what was possible.

Sorry I can't be more helpful than that, though.

Rob
 
Thank you Rob & Kris, but I need something else.

I want to be able to change the form's skin.

I know the articles you pointed me to, but I don't want my form to be
in fixed size. I also got into a problem / bug with the TransparencyKey
on 32bit color depth screens (found a way to get over it, but not good
enough).

Thanks anyway,
Mayan
 
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