Irregular splash screens are quite common these days (e.g. Photoshop, etc.)
Do you want to make an irregular splash screen for your .NET application with minimal or no code at all? Here is the tip:
- Prepare the irregularly shaped image in GIF format with
transparent background in your favorite image editor - On your .NET WinForm, set this GIF image as the
BackgroundImage property of the form. The image should appear on
the form now - Set the
FormBorderStyle property as 'None' - Set the
BackgroundImageLayout property as 'None' - Set the
BackColor property to a color that is not in your
picture (eg. Teal) - Set the
TransparencyKey property of form to the same color - Run the application: You have made your irregular splash
screen. Don't forget to set the StartPosition property to
CenterScreen too
Hope this is a helpful tip. Forgive me if some of you already know this. In earlier days, I used to write a full class with drawing functions to achieve the same effect.
Nejimon CR
Software Developer
Kerala, India
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Nejimon CR started coding in early 2000s with classic Visual Basic 6 and later moved to .NET platform. His primary technology stack expertise is around Microsoft technologies, but with the previous and latest areas of functioning to include a wide variety of technologies such as Win32 APIs, AutoIt scripting, UI Automation, ASP.NET MVC and Web API, Node.js, NoSQL, Linq, Entity Framework, AngularJS, etc.
His Articles on CodeProject:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1060520/Centralizing-WCF-Client-Configuration-in-a-Class-L
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/567356/Asynchronous-Access-of-Web-Service-from-WPF-with-B
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/63849/Serial-Foot-Pedal-Device-Server
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/149249/Simplest-way-to-implement-irregular-forms-in-NET
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/564388/Entity-Framework-Code-First-Navigation-Property-is
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