How to make Informal Form

The Idea

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In the form property we found a transparent property and transparencyKey property, the first property take a percentage as a value of alpha to determine the value of visibility of the form , in this article we’ll use the second property by selecting any color as a transparencyKey then we will use any graphics editor program like photo shop to create background image ………notice here the space in the picture (the area that you want to make it transparent) should be the same color that you was select it in the transparencyKey.

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First step: Prepare the picture

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I’ll use photo shop in this example but you can use any software-> graphics editor if you are sure it can help you to do the following:<o:p>

• Create new Image, choose the size you want , in our example the size of width is 401 and height is 414<o:p>
• From contents choose (Transparent). <o:p>
• Now make your imagination to draw anything indicate your project.<o:p>
• Save the image as .GIF<o:p>
• Make sure Transparency is selected.<o:p>

Why GIF? Because this extinction Files is the best in perform transparency.<o:p>

Now, the Image is completely ready.

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Second step: Setting the form property

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After prepare the Image, start new project or open an old project, then:<o:p>

• In form property search on transparencyKey and select the Black color. The selecting of color depends on the image that you want to make it as a background, by the experience you’ll found that is the best selecting is select the color that never use in the form (including the Fore color and the image paint color), and sometimes depends on the color system sitting, I’m really not familiar with this part of science!<o:p>

• Set BackColor property to Black color too.
• In BackGroundImage property select your GIF image that creates in the previous step.
• Resize the Form to adjust the Image size.
• Set the StartPosition to CenterScreen.
• Finally change FormBorderStyle to none.

In this example I use the form as a login screen, that’s it all, Run it and enjoy.

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