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How to: Create a Shaped Windows Form

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This example gives a form an elliptical shape that resizes with the form.

Example

 Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint( _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
     Dim shape As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath
     shape.AddEllipse(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height)
     Me.Region = New System.Drawing.Region(shape)
 End Sub

protected override void OnPaint(System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)
{
    System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath shape = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();
    shape.AddEllipse(0, 0, this.Width, this.Height);
    this.Region = new System.Drawing.Region(shape);
}

protected:
    virtual void OnPaint(
        System::Windows::Forms::PaintEventArgs^ e) override
    {
        System::Drawing::Drawing2D::GraphicsPath^ shape =
            gcnew System::Drawing::Drawing2D::GraphicsPath();
        shape->AddEllipse(0, 0, this->Width, this->Height);
        this->Region = gcnew System::Drawing::Region(shape);
    }

Compiling the Code

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This example overrides the OnPaint method to change the shape of the form. To use this code, copy the method declaration as well as the drawing code inside the method.

See Also

Reference

OnPaint
Region
System.Drawing
AddEllipse
Region

Other Resources

Getting Started with Graphics Programming