Form title bar

[Ayan]

Hi,

In an application I need to develop a transparent window's form with
opaque title bar. The transparency of the form can be achieved easily
with TransparencyKey attribute but in this case the title bar, which is
also a part of the form, becomes transparent too. Can anyone please give
me a solution? I am using C# in my application.

Warm regards,
Ayan

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

You can use two methods.

First use the LayeredWindow API and per-pixel alpha to control the
transparency of the whole window including the non-client area. This is an
advanced method and requires a long article to describe so I don't have any
code immediately available.

Secondly, you can use window regions to define the areas that you wish to
see or have hidden.

--
Bob Powell [MVP]
Visual C#, System.Drawing

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