Fancy GUI

[viv]

Hi

I just want to know how they design the fanye GUI's which has graphics,
curves which more or less looks like flash gui's...

Thanks
Viv

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Viv,

You mean something as I have made as sample and is in this message.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/msg/9fd4faf72faa8eb0

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Chris Dunaway]

One method is to create a region for the form with the shape you want
and then use the OnPaint event to draw what you want on the form.

You could also create a bitmap and apply that to the background of the
form. If the bitmap has a curved edge, you could make the form's
region the same shape as the bitmap, for example.

Like many tasks, there is more than one way to do it.

You might Google for skinning in VB.Net and you'll probably find lots
of hits.

 

[Mick Doherty]

I've just put up a basic example on my site.
http://dotnetrix.co.uk/misc.html --> An example of a moveable shaped form.

There's lots of improvements that can be made, but it gives one solution.

 

[viv]

Thanks Mike,Cor ,Chris for your help and comments.
I think I will pick it up from here...



Viv