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BorderStyle Enumeration

Specifies the border style for a control.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration BorderStyle
'Usage
Dim instance As BorderStyle

Member nameDescription
Supported by the .NET Compact FrameworkNoneNo border.
Supported by the .NET Compact FrameworkFixedSingleA single-line border.
Supported by the .NET Compact FrameworkFixed3DA three-dimensional border.

Use the members of this enumeration to set the border style for controls that have a changeable border.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the BorderStyle enumeration and the TreeView.BorderStyle, TreeView.HideSelection and the TreeView.ShowRootLines properties. To run this example, paste the following code in a form and call the InitializeTreeView method in the form's constructor or Load method.


' Declare the TreeView control. 
Friend WithEvents TreeView1 As System.Windows.Forms.TreeView

' Initialize the TreeView to blend with the form, giving it the  
' same color as the form and no border. 
Private Sub InitializeTreeView()

    ' Create a new TreeView control and set the location and size. 
    Me.TreeView1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TreeView
    Me.TreeView1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(72, 48)
    Me.TreeView1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(200, 200)

    ' Set the BorderStyle property to none, the BackColor property to   
    ' the form's backcolor, and the Scrollable property to false.   
    ' This allows the TreeView to blend in form. 
    Me.TreeView1.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None
    Me.TreeView1.BackColor = Me.BackColor
    Me.TreeView1.Scrollable = False 


    ' Set the ShowRootLines and ShowLines properties to false to  
    ' give the TreeView a list-like appearance. 
    Me.TreeView1.ShowRootLines = False 
    Me.TreeView1.ShowLines = False 

    ' Add the nodes. 
    Me.TreeView1.Nodes.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() _
        {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Features", _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() _
        {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Full Color"), _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Project Wizards"), _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Visual C# and Visual Basic Support")}), _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("System Requirements", _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode() _
        {New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode _
        ("Pentium 133 MHz or faster processor "), _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("Windows 98 or later"), _
        New System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode("100 MB Disk space")})})

    ' Set the tab index and add the TreeView to the form. 
    Me.TreeView1.TabIndex = 0
    Me.Controls.Add(Me.TreeView1)
End Sub

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
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