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Non rectangle window in VB
Non rectangle window in VB
 
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Resources

Public Class TransparentForm
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
        Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw, True)
    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is NothingThen
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(513)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(20868)
        Me.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
        Me.Name = "TransparentForm"
        Me.Text = "Transparency Test"

    End Sub
#End Region

    Private Sub TransparentForm_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgsHandles MyBase.Paint
        Dim As Graphics = e.Graphics

        Dim _pen As Pen = New Pen(Color.DarkBlue, 4)
        Dim rect As Rectangle = Me.ClientRectangle
        rect.Inflate(-2, -2)
        g.FillEllipse(Brushes.Yellow, rect)
        g.DrawEllipse(_pen, rect)
        _pen.Dispose()

        Dim _font As Font = New Font(Me.Font, FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim format As StringFormat = New StringFormat()
        format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
        format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center

        g.DrawString("Window", _font, Brushes.DarkBlue, RectangleF.op_Implicit(Me.ClientRectangle), format)
        _font.Dispose()
    End Sub

    Sub SetEllipseRegion()
        Dim rect As Rectangle = Me.ClientRectangle
        Dim path As GraphicsPath = New GraphicsPath()
        path.AddEllipse(RectangleF.op_Implicit(rect))
        Me.Region = New Region(path)
        path.Dispose()
    End Sub

    Private Sub TransparentForm_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgsHandles MyBase.Load
        SetEllipseRegion()
    End Sub

    Private Sub TransparentForm_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgsHandles MyBase.SizeChanged
        SetEllipseRegion()
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class MainClass
    Shared Sub Main()
        Dim myform As Form = New TransparentForm()
        Application.Run(myform)
    End Sub

End Class
           
         
  
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