How to change title bar color in winform in c#.net and windows 7 OS? And how to customize winform with any exaample?

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Dear All,
I'm very struggling how to customize win form in C#.Net.

I want to customize win form in c#.Net, like change title bar color and add buttons customize max,mini,close button.

Thanks in Advance.

What I have tried:

I have tried like this but i didn't get Output.

[DllImport("User32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC);

[DllImport("User32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(IntPtr hWnd);

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
base.WndProc(ref m);
const int WM_NCPAINT = 0x85;
if (m.Msg == WM_NCPAINT)
{
IntPtr hdc = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd);
if ((int)hdc != 0)
{
Graphics g = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc);
g.FillRectangle(Brushes.Green, new Rectangle(0, 0, 4800, 23));
g.Flush();
ReleaseDC(m.HWnd, hdc);
}
}
}

Posted 12-Apr-16 23:50pm

chellapandi160

Updated 13-Apr-16 0:11am

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Ehsan Skardu · Answer 1 · 2016-04-13T00:11:00

Solution 1

C#

 public partial class Form1 : Form  
    {  
        public Form1()  
        {  
            InitializeComponent();  
        }  
  
        [DllImport("user32.dll")] 
        static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hDC); 
 
        [DllImport("User32.dll")] 
 
        private static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(IntPtr hWnd); 
 
        protected override void WndProc(ref System.Windows.Forms.Message m) 
        { 
            const int WM_NCPAINT = 0x85; 
            base.WndProc(ref m); 
 
            if (m.Msg == WM_NCPAINT) 
            { 
 
                IntPtr hdc = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd); 
                if ((int)hdc != 0) 
                { 
                    Graphics g = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc); 
                    g.DrawLine(Pens.Green, 10, 10, 100, 10); 
                    g.Flush(); 
                    ReleaseDC(m.HWnd, hdc); 
                } 
 
            } 
             
        }  
    }  
}

Posted 13-Apr-16 0:11am

Ehsan Skardu

Updated 13-Apr-16 0:54am

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Comments

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 6:20am

Is it possible to graphics drawing method?

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 6:24am

using Override concept.

[no name] 13-Apr-16 6:37am

http://skincrafter.com/samples/csharp-skins

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 6:50am

I want to change title bar color.

[no name] 13-Apr-16 6:57am

Now check it. If you are using windows vista it won't work.

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 8:04am

I'm using windows 7 professional 64 bit

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 8:07am

even, doesn't any changes..

chellapandi160 13-Apr-16 8:14am

public partial class MyCustomFrom : Form
{
const int WM_NCPAINT = 0x85;

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(IntPtr hwnd);

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern int ReleaseDC(IntPtr hwnd, IntPtr hdc);

[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern void DisableProcessWindowsGhosting();

[DllImport("UxTheme.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern IntPtr SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hwnd, string pszSubAppName, string pszSubIdList);

public MyCustomFrom()
{
DisableProcessWindowsGhosting();
InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
SetWindowTheme(this.Handle, "", "");
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
}

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
base.WndProc(ref m);

switch (m.Msg)
{
case WM_NCPAINT:
{
IntPtr hdc = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd);
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc))
{
Brush b = new SolidBrush(Color.Red);
g.FillRectangle(b, new Rectangle(0, 0, 2000, 2000));
}
int r = ReleaseDC(m.HWnd, hdc);
}
break;
}
}
}

I have tried like this, It's working fine and then i want add customize title bar text, customize maximize,minimize and close buttons like wise .