WindowsForm with more Colour

Question

Hi I am trying to develop a small tool for a friend and i have a problem by creating a WindowsForm like #Develop or nero. When I take a look on my WindowsForm design i looks like very boring. I want to have more colour in my WinForm like #Develop or nero. A link to picture of my Prog. www.doc-clan.de/download/oli/progbild.jpg It is very grey. how can i make my WindowsForm Colours like #Develop or nero? from white to grey not only one colour. I hope anybody understand my problem my English is not very well. I am sorry. oli

Andrzej Wegierski · Answer

Inherit ColourPanel from Panel. Override OnPaintBackground method - use brushes from System.Drawing.Drawing2D for instance LinearGradientBrush. Create a ColourPanel on Form. Set docking to Fill. May be overriding Panel is unnecessary - try to override Form. Not tested. -or- use BackgroundImage. protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e) { LinearGradientBrush lgb=new LinearGradientBrush(e.ClipRectanglecolor1color2...); e.Graphics.Fill(lgbe.ClipRectangle); }