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Changing the Appearance of Windows Forms

.NET Framework 4.5

You can customize the look of your Windows Forms applications in many different ways, such as changing the border, opacity, shape, style, or setting a background image for your Windows Forms application.

In This Section

How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms: Shows how to change the border style of a form.

Topic	Location
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Nonrectangular Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Add Background Images to Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Display Modal and Modeless Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Transparent Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Set the Screen Location of Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms Using the Designer	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Nonrectangular Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Add Background Images to Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Display Modal and Modeless Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Transparent Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Set the Screen Location of Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms Using the Designer	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles
How to: Create Nonrectangular Windows Forms
How to: Add Background Images to Windows Forms
How to: Display Modal and Modeless Windows Forms
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible
How to: Create Transparent Windows Forms
How to: Set the Screen Location of Windows Forms
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms Using the Designer
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Nonrectangular Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Add Background Images to Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Display Modal and Modeless Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Create Transparent Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Set the Screen Location of Windows Forms	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms Using the Designer	Windows Forms Programming
How to: Enable Windows XP Visual Styles
How to: Create Nonrectangular Windows Forms
How to: Add Background Images to Windows Forms
How to: Display Modal and Modeless Windows Forms
How to: Make a Startup Windows Form Invisible
How to: Create Transparent Windows Forms
How to: Set the Screen Location of Windows Forms
How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms Using the Designer

Reference

Form: Describes this class and has links to all of its members.
FormBorderStyle: Describes this enumeration and contains descriptions of all of its members.
VisualStyleRenderer: Describes this class and has links to all of its members.
Image: Describes this class and has links to all of its members.
Region: Describes this class and has links to all of its members.
Color: Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

Related Sections

Windows XP Features and Windows Forms Controls: Describes the features of Windows Forms that support Windows XP.
Adjusting the Size and Scale of Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that show how to change the size and scale of a form.
Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms: Contains links to topics that describe how to perform custom drawing on Windows Forms.
Controls with Built-In Owner-Drawing Support: List owner-draw support in Windows Forms controls.

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