Non-Standard Windows

Jerry Fike

17y3.3k

Hi -- not sure how to phrase this and it's probably not a very specific question.

I was wondering if its possible to create an application in VS-2008 Standard with an irregular form frame -- something like XNormal or like many of the audio/video players?

It's easy to create one inside a standard Windows form using a png image with transparency, but is there a way to do this as the main form?

Hope my question is not too confusing.

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Jerry Fike17y ago
Thanks for the reply.

I'll give that a try.
Suchit Khanna17y ago
If I am not getting your requirement wrong you want to make a Window which is of shape of Media Player or any other shape but not of conventional MS Window shape?

You could definitely achieve that using WPF in Visual Studio 2008, take a WPF Application,

Set the WindowStyle to None, AllowTransparency to true and then Take a Border control and specify the Borders of the Window accordingly to get custom shape... If you could specify your requiement, may be I could help you woth code, but the basis for achieveing is same:-)