Description

Short story: Create an irregularly shaped form; drag a captionless form.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

• Don't Be Square, Programming Techniques, VBPJ, April 1996
• Toggle the Titlebar (and Other Form Tricks), Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, November 2000

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
WinRgn.Frm	gdi32 user32	CreatePolygonRgn CreateSolidBrush DeleteObject FillRgn Polyline GetCursorPos GetSystemMetrics ReleaseCapture SendMessage SetWindowRgn

Download

Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution. Download WinRgn.zip, 8Kb, Last Updated: Thursday, 14 October 1999

See Also

The following resources may also be of interest:

• Translucent - Create layered windows, to make forms translucent or irregularly shaped, using drop-in class.