Forms with no title bar

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Hello folks. I´d like to build a application with the same look and feel of the Microsoft Money 2005. As you can see, the first screen is maximized with the control buttons (minimize, maximize, close window) but the title bar, of the window, is not showing blue, as Windows standard, it´s showing a part of a background image, giving to the user the sensation that it has no form title. How can I do that in C#? Is it possible to do that? Do you have a sample? Thanks a lot Henrique

henriqueberenguel · Answer

Thanks for answering... Could you send to me that sample you wrote? I´d like to see the source code because only talking about I am not understanding what you said... ok? Thanks My email is henriqueberenguel@uol.com.br

Mykonine · Answer

Sorry for the double-post... I checked out the Microsoft Money screenshots. To do that in C#, you use a form with a FormBorderStyle of None and handle all the UI drawing yourself. Custom controls... Over the summer I made a system monitoring program that essentially did what you wanted. I'd provide the code and let you compile and try it, but regrettably I included a piece of code that works only on my computer if you have my exact wireless card installed and plugged in, so... (I don't think unexecutable code will be of any use to you)

Mykonine · Answer

You can set the FormBorderStyle to None so that the standard Windows title bar doesn't show up... One thing I've done before is use two forms, one kept on top of the other both with a FormBorderStyle set to zero and I use a panel with a 3d border on the top form. The coding got a bit complex when trying to keep the the background form in the background, moving both forms simultaneously, etc. but it more or less achieves the what I think you're describing.

Forms with no title bar

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