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[domipoppe]

Ok hello, to the beginning of the Tutorial, i want to say: "Dont make Mirrors, or anyone!", and i am german and i cant speak so nice english cryer;

We make: Minimize Form, Maximaze Form and Move Form cooll;

You need:
A Picturebox, and 2 Buttons! (For the 2 Buttons you can also take 2 Pictureboxes against!)

First one, make a new Project, and go to Properties window under to "Form Border Style" there you choise "None"



If you done that, you must to insert a picture in the picturebox, i choose an nice style (Is in the download included)
Now, choose on Size Mod "Stretch"...





Now dock the Picturebox1 on the Head (See on picture)



Choose the Size, now the came to the code!

By Button1 you type the Code: (Minimize Button)

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Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized

By Button2 you type the Code: (Close Button)

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Me.Close

Now go on the head of the code and insert following under Public Class Form1:

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Private _move As Boolean = False
Dim differencePoint As New Point

Now click on the Picturebox1, and choose above the Properties windows "Events"



Scroll down and select Mouse Down and make an doubleclick on it there you write following code:

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_move = True
differencePoint = e.Location

Now, you go against to the Events windows, and search for: "MouseMove" there you write following code:

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If _move Then
Dim newX As Int32 = (Me.Location.X - differencePoint.X) + (e.X)
Dim newY As Int32 = (Me.Location.Y - differencePoint.Y) + (e.Y)
Me.Location = New Point(newX, newY)
End If

At the last step, you search "MouseUp" there you write following Code:

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_move = False

So the Result is:

[XTechVB]

hmmm simple but is very useful for beginners. moving a borderless form is still a frequently asked question.
you did good for your first tutorial

[domipoppe]

thanks ;-D

[zachman61]

good job cooll;
good tutorial and still asked alot about

[domipoppe]

@zachman61
thanks, well i think the first time, o i hope the tutorial is good ;-D

[Axel]

you could place ur anchor on top so you don't have to dock it

[Cheatmasterbw]

cool! is there a way to apply the aero snap feature? (for Win7)

[Axel]

cool! is there a way to apply the aero snap feature? (for Win7)

i guess you should use the way almost everyone uses but instead of "form1.backcolor = black " i would use panel.backcolor