Visual style

[David]

Hello there can i read tutorial/instruction/howto to make my windows look
better, in style of WMP 10, ICQ lite...
or even any examples...

thnx...
David.

 

[Zach]

Hello there can i read tutorial/instruction/howto to make my windows look
better, in style of WMP 10, ICQ lite...
or even any examples...

You cannot learn style form someone, although you can follow
examples.

The first problem I encountered when I wanted to
make my screens look good, was to make a palette of the
colours I thought went together well.

There are things yhat you absolutely need on the display.
Move them around until you get an attractive composition.
Once you have made your choices, be consistent in terms
of layout and colours.

If you would like to send me a screenshot, I would be
quite willing to comment.

Leave out the x

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[David]

i asked of there can i finde an example to thet thing...
you know, how to make corners of windows rounded...
and many things...

thanx for reply

 

[Zach]

i asked of there can i finde an example to thet thing...
you know, how to make corners of windows rounded...
and many things...

David,

You should ask questions, people are able to respond to, else
you won't get an answer. Your question was too general to
get a specific answer.

For instance, say: "How do I create a button with rounded corners?"

I don't know the answer to that one, maybe you can do something
with images you create.

Zach.

 

[David]

so, the questuion,
How can I create windows (forms) with rounded corners?

David.

 

[Zach]

hi David
what you can do is to use the classes of Graphics to override the Onpaint
method of the form ( where the form is printed ) you may need to read about
using GDI classes.
check these articles

http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=24
http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/2/11921.aspx
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/2/gdi_plus.asp

Mohamed Mahfouz
MEA Developer Support Center
ITworx on behalf of Microsoft EMEA GTSC

 

[ShaneB]

There's a much easier way to round the edges of a windows control. Use the
Windows API function CreateRoundRectRgn(). The abbreviated example below
shows how to do it to a form.

yourform.cs
....
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
....
[DllImport("Gdi32.dll", EntryPoint="CreateRoundRectRgn")]
private static extern IntPtr CreateRoundRectRgn
(
int nLeftRect, // x-coordinate of upper-left corner
int nTopRect, // y-coordinate of upper-left corner
int nRightRect, // x-coordinate of lower-right corner
int nBottomRect, // y-coordinate of lower-right corner
int nWidthEllipse, // height of ellipse
int nHeightEllipse // width of ellipse
);

public Form1() // Your form's or other control's constructor
{
InitializeComponent();
Region = System.Drawing.Region.FromHrgn(CreateRoundRectRgn(0, 0,
Width-10, Height-10, 20, 20)); // adjust these parameters to get the look
you want.
}
....

ShaneB

 

[David]

many thanx

 

[news.microsoft.com]

You can create an image of your form with rounded corners and your form will
use this image to determine it's shape:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...tskcreatingnon-standardshapedwindowsforms.asp

Greg