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Floating, collapsible transparent window in C#

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How to create a floating, collapsible transparent form in C# using the NativeWindow class
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Iulian Ionescu is the founder and owner of Olvio IT Inc, a NY based software company geared towards .Net programming. Iulian has been involved in programming since early 1989 and his first passion was Turbo Pascal. The passion then moved to Assembly, C++, Win32 Assembly and finally C#. Check out more on the company website: http://www.olvio.com/

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