How to make a form look like a non-form?

[Anjo]

Hi!

Just wondering. How can I make a form look like a car/a book or... just anything else but a form?

[HeSaidJoe]

.....one way is to add a picture to your form, use no caption or control box and have the picture background the same color as the background of the screen.

[Anjo]

Thanks! But I was thinking about the shape. What if I wan't my form to look like a ball.. or perhaps a doughnut (with a hole in the middle)??

[HeSaidJoe]

I omitted "no border"
...think about it.
If you have a picture of a red car with a black background and you put that against a black background...though the shape will remain square the object you see is in the shape of a red car.

[HeSaidJoe]

this may be of service..

http://209.207.250.129/articles/shapedforms/

[Anjo]

.... a lot!!!
)

[fallnwrld]

I think he had the actual form be the shape in mind...for example....if the form is the shape of a donut.....then if that donut lets say is running on top of the desktop...you should be able to see the desktop and actually click on the icons through the whole etc.... With what you guys are describing that cant be done.

[Anjo]

Do you know how that can be done??
And.. by the way, I'm a she, not a he :-)

[fallnwrld]

OOOPSSS, sorry i forgot! Just that in my programming classes only had one girl in it hehehe. Well you can put 4 forms together. Make the title bars not visible this way you can create a square and click between them etc. Also can make a triangle, but a circle would be a lot more complicated....hope that helps!