Window Forms Shaped Form Control Create custom shape to form in Windows Forms C# applications Add Shaped Form Control to Windows Forms
The Shaped Form control descends from the standard Window Forms and is easy to customize the shape of both Windows Forms and controls. With this feature, developers can move, close, minimize and maximize the form with the title bar. The default value of the shaped form and the title bar is round rect shape and developers can either use a predefined shape or create a custom as necessary. Custom-shaped controls require merely a few lines of code. How to Add Shaped Form Control into .NET Project
The following is the tutorial that shows the process of integrating the Shaped Form component into your .NET Windows Forms C# applications.
- Open your existing .NET WinForms project or create a new project.
- Add a reference to the Kettic.WinFormsControls and Kettic.WinForms.UI component in your .NET project.
- Switch to the View Code by right clicking the default form in your .NET WinForms project.
- Change the formâs declaration of the .NET project, so that it derives from the Kettic.WinForms.UI.ShapedForm C# class.
- Copy the C# code snippet and paste to the View Code to change the Windows Forms to Kettic Shaped Form control
- Go back to the form design view. When the form is repainted without a title bar, it derives from the Kettic.WinForms.UI.ShapedForm C# class.
- Debug the C# .NET project via hitting the F5 button to verify if the changes being done correctly.
partial class ShapedForm : Kettic.WinForm.UI.ShapedForm
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