How to Brin g Dialogs like the one in Office Assistant...

Hi Guys,
I need to Know how to bring up Dialogs the one if Office Assistant and in Windows 2k (the dialog which appears when net connection is established...). A Sample of the Image I've shown Below. Those are sepearte dialogs. I also want to know how to add menu items to the Microsoft Agent Control like the one in Microsoft Office Assistant like Hide, Choose Assistant, Animate, etc., I've also attached a Sample of the Image.

http://www.geocities.com/lvramanan/Dialog.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/lvramanan/Dialog.jpg

Looks like a job for regions...you might want to check out the article about using regions in windows at vb-world.net. It's under the forms and controls heading if I remember correctly...

you can control the microsoft assistants, or you can use the agent control....?

Hi Roland_foxx
I got your posting to create irregular shaped windows, But i don't know how to interact them with Ms Agent Control. Any idea. Did u see my another question in the Same post namely how to add my own menu's to the Agent Contorl.... Anyway thnx for your help.