Changing the Color and Font of Form's Title Bat

Hi,

I would like to change the color and the font of my Form's Title bar.
Anyone help ?
Thank You,
mfwoo

Nov 21 '05 #1

9992

The only way to do this for an individual title bar and not the whole system
is to custom draw the title bar.

You will need to handle the varios WM_NCXXX messages.

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Hi,

I would like to change the color and the font of my Form's Title bar.
Anyone help ?
Thank You,
mfwoo

Nov 21 '05 #2

Woo Mun Foong

Thanks Bob, I'll look through those link you've provide.

"Bob Powell [MVP]" wrote:

The only way to do this for an individual title bar and not the whole system
is to custom draw the title bar.

You will need to handle the varios WM_NCXXX messages.

--
Bob Powell [MVP]
Visual C#, System.Drawing

Ramuseco Limited .NET consulting
http://www.ramuseco.com

Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks
http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm

Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ
http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm

All new articles provide code in C# and VB.NET.
Subscribe to the RSS feeds provided and never miss a new article.

"Woo Mun Foong" <mf***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C**********************************@microsof t.com...
Hi,

I would like to change the color and the font of my Form's Title bar.
Anyone help ?
Thank You,
mfwoo

Nov 21 '05 #3

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