I'm trying to make a form that has an irregular shape and I'm not quite understanding how this works. I can get the Transparency Key to work for the form background (make the background of the form see through). When I put an image on the form it doesn't work. I am reading a book that says what I'm doing should work. I know this information isn't very detailed, but I also have no clue how I should be doing this. if anyone out there has played with this feature before, please let me know!
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- Thread starter KizMar
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To shape a form irregularly, you need to create a graphics path that defines the shape you want the form to be, then apply the graphics path to the forms Region property:
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim gp As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()
gp.AddEllipse(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height)
Me.Region = New Region(gp)
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim gp As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()
gp.AddEllipse(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height)
Me.Region = New Region(gp)
End Sub
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