95se5m

What I am trying to do is override my forms header to look "Vista Like" as the rest of my applications is, rounded form corners, additional test in the forms header and such. I found something like what I am trying to do, but it's loaded with bugs. So I looked again, found alot of companys that have inherritable forms, some even free, but the problem is I am trying for as few supporting DLL's as I can and would like to write the form into a "common controls library" that I already have.

Any assistance would be appreciated. I would like direction so I can write it myself.




Re: Windows Forms General Example of overrideing a form?

Rong-Chun Zhang - MSFT

Hi 95se5m,

Check the following article on codeproject.

กค http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/How_to_make_VistaForm.asp

This article discusses how to make a transparent form like Vista Form using Visual Studio 2005. You will need to override some method of the standard form (e.g. OnPaint and OnResize).

Hope this helps.
Best regards.
Rong-Chun Zhang