Form border as "Single" without titlebar

[stateofidleness]

Quick question,
I have a form that I want to keep the border on, but no titlebar.

An example is a form with FormBorderStyle set to FixedSingle, then set the Form's Text to nothing. This is what I'm after, however, I want to maintain the "Blue" styling of Windows XP. When doing this, it currently makes the form gray like it stops using visual styles.

is there any way to get the blue "Single" border around my form without the Titlebar?

[kulrom^]

set the FixedToolWindow to FixedSingle, then set the Form's Text to " " (an empty space, not "") and it will behave as you expect.

[stateofidleness]

hmm, didn't work for me. here's a screenshot with your suggestion.

[kulrom^]

And you expect what? Not this wide title bar? Please explain!

[stateofidleness]

the border on the left, right, and bottom. that is what i want on the top as well. If i set the FormBorderStyle to FixedSingle (like the screenshot) and then set the Text to "", it displays like I want, except it changes the color from blue to gray. I want blue

[minitech]

Set the text to Alt+0160.

P.S. If you set the text to something else, does it turn blue? Or have you been trying it with "" this whole time?

[stateofidleness]

i've tried it blank and with a single space. both don't work. i'll try the Alt+ one and report back

EDIT: Alt trick doesn't work

[kulrom^]

I was able to make it using a little trick. Have a look at the attached project below. Basically it is a border-less form with a four docked label controls

[minitech]

No, I mean with something like "Hello".

You could also, if nothing else works, change the FormBorderStyle to None, override WndProc for motion, and set the BackgroundImage to a screenshot of a form in the designer without any title text, possibly with some editing (put a Button on the form, select it, take a screenshot, use a photo editor to delete the inside of the form and save it as a 32-bit PNG). Enjoy!

[stateofidleness]

I was able to make it using a little trick. Have a look at the attached project below. Basically it is a border-less form with a four docked label controls

ha that's pretty neat and i actually thought about going that route (with docking and/or images) but thought maybe there was an easier way to just "FixedSingle" the form with no titlebar

[kulrom^]

You may want to check out the following article and probably play around with it:
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic64981.htm