Application Shadow
Application Shadow
Simple Tutorial by: Guza
This is a very simple code and will make a shadow on the right side of your application for more appeal.
Go into the code of your form right under "Public Class Form1" and add this:
then your application will now have a shadow, this is nice to use when u have a blank app.
This is a very simple code and will make a shadow on the right side of your application for more appeal.
Go into the code of your form right under "Public Class Form1" and add this:
Code:
' Define the CS_DROPSHADOW constant
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = 131072
' Override the CreateParams property
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams
Get
Dim cp As CreateParams = MyBase.CreateParams
cp.ClassStyle = cp.ClassStyle Or CS_DROPSHADOW
Return cp
- Note: awesome on giving Marcus credit, don't see that often
Looks good, just don't forget to
End Get
and
End Property
Should be
Also Note (From Marcus) Remember that this effect only works if windows "show shadow below menu's" is enabled
Looks good, just don't forget to
End Get
and
End Property
Should be
Code:
' Define the CS_DROPSHADOW constant
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = 131072
' Override the CreateParams property
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams
Get
Dim cp As CreateParams = MyBase.CreateParams
cp.ClassStyle = cp.ClassStyle Or CS_DROPSHADOW
Return cp
End Get
End Property