Changing the look of the titlebar...

[tomcoombs]

I want to draw a custom title bar, is it possible as belive that part is controled by windows?

Could I just not display it some how and do my own look-a-like one. (I could do bordertype = none, but then you loose window resizing :-( )

Any body know how to get rid of the titlebar OR change its default look / colour with out changing the windows theme..?


Tom

 

[tomcoombs]

not possible? come on guys what are your inital thoughts?

Tom

 

[SHelton]

I think a Form is a system level control, like a MessageBox and DialogBox. I have seen an article about modifying a MessageBox by using hooks and the SendMessage API, but it wasn't straigh forward by any means.

 

[benlinkknilneb]

If you just want it to disappear (I assume you mean the part of the form with an icon that currently says

"C# (C sharp): Microsoft - Changing the look of the titlebar... - Microsoft Internet Explorer"

on my computer), you can make it disappear by removing all text from the Form.Text Property and setting ControlBox to False. Then I guess you could paint your own on there somehow. It's not the cleanest way, but it might work for you...

Ben

There's no place like 127.0.0.1.

 

[SHelton]

This article may help:

http://www.codeproject.com/Purgatory/Carved_Dialog.asp

 

[tomcoombs]

Thanks SHelton,


I compleated that part a while ago using exactly the same technique on that page.

Thanks Again

Tom