Color of the title bar

[Gilbert Tordeur]

Hello.

I am using VB 2008 under Windows XP to create a MDI Windows Form
application. Question : is it possible to change the color or the title bar
and of the border of the children forms, form by form ?

Gilbert

 

[Phill W.]

Question : is it possible to change the color or the title bar
and of the border of the children forms, form by form ?

Short answer - No.

You /might/ be able to do this, but only if:

(a) you want to take charge of drawing the /whole/ window yourself
(which may involve going down to the Windows Message Level; I can't
remember if you can [easily] render the non-client Area of the Form),
and, more importantly,

(b) you want to really annoy that mega-important user who's specifically
picked that hideous shade of orange for the title bars of Forms on
/their/ *P*ersonal *C*omputer.

OK, granted; there are a few, very specific cases where you /might/ have
a Good Reason for doing this; personally, I've never yet had to do so.

Regards,
Phill W.

 

[rowe_newsgroups]

Hello.

I am using VB 2008 under Windows XP to create a MDI Windows Form
application. Question : is it possible to change the color or the title bar
and of the border of the children forms, form by form ?

Gilbert

Maybe a product such as the following would work, but it might do more
than you want, or something else entirely.

http://devexpress.com/Products/NET/Controls/WinForms/Skins/

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]
http://sethrowe.blogspot.com/

 

[Gilbert Tordeur]

Phil, Seth,

Thank you. I understand it is no so easy as to change a parameter somewhere.
I intend to make a visible difference when I run a program in test mode or
in production mode. I'll find another way.

Have a good day,
Gilbert

 

[Phill W.]

I intend to make a visible difference when I run a program in test mode or
in production mode. I'll find another way.

Ah; now that's precisely the sort of thing that ...

#If DEBUG Then
Me.BackColor = Color.Green
#End If

.... is for.

Of course, you /do/ have to remember to build your finished product
using the Release Configuration before you ship it ... ;-)

HTH,
Phill W.