customizing a System.Windows.Forms.Form 1

[OhioSteve]

At across the top of my system.windows.forms.form, I see a narrow dark blue bar. How do I suppress this bar totally? I have already set minimizeBox, maximizeBox, and controlBox to false...but the strip itself is still appears.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I'd have a look at the different styles offered on the .FormBorderStyle property and see if any of them fit your applications needs.

Hope this helps

HarleyQuinn
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[OhioSteve]

Unfortunately, I already have the .BorderStyle set to "BorderStyle.None". That doesn't suppress the bar.

 

[OhioSteve]

Wait...I spoke too soon. I did that to the dataGridView. I should try doing it to the form itself.

 

[OhioSteve]

You are right. If you set the formBorderStyle to "none", the bar vanishes.

New question...Let's say I want to keep the bar, but change its color. Is that possible?

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Off the top of my head this is possible using API calls (or at least I'm pretty sure it is ), I'll bow to the more experienced .Netters out there if there's an easier solution though

HarleyQuinn
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[OhioSteve]

Thanks for answering my initial question!