Skins?

how would i need to go about creating skins for the forms in my .net project? does anyone know where i should look first? thanks Guys!

Basically skins are just bmps loaded during the start of the program. You would have to create the interface of the program in paintshop or photoshop, then just overlay them onto your form.

Take a look at winamp, all the different skins bmps and in separate folders and are loaded with the user selects a skin.

How would you skin a form though? if you just set the borderstyle to None then it doesnt do that good (when you right click on the program in task bar, there is no context menu for it). Also this way if you add a toolbar or a menu to your program it will stick on the topmost part of the form and will most likely cover your custom made title bar... I dont know how else to do this... anyone can give me some ideas?

complex skinning using API

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/codelib/gfx/skin.htm

naaaaaaaaaah that's evil VB6:mad:
I dont wanna read and convert the code :D

so how can it now be done in vb .net ....there has got to be a way! also i have the bitmaps already but i do not know how to make a color transparent? how would i make white show up transparent or where can i get a program that will make a color transparent?....and also has there been anyone to make a skinnable program in .net as of yet? so that i can get a feel for it through their code? Thanks!