How could i make it so the user can change the background on a form like he/she can choice from a list of backgrounds or add there own image as a background? also how could i make it so a button or a drop down button launches a form in the project itself?
View 7 RepliesI need to be able to change the start up forms background image and i am lost on how to do it. Below is what I have tried. Can anyone tell me how this can be done.
Code:
'1 try
Dim f1 As frmMain
f1.BackGroundImage = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "" & "MyBitmap.bmp")
'2nd try
Me.BackGroundImage = ImageList1.Images(0)
I'm trying to figure out how to change the background color of a combo box for every item in the selection.[code]This method seems to set the whole combo box back color to whatever the last color was.The color does not change per item.
View 2 RepliesHow can i change the background image during runtime? so far, i have an openfiledialog that grabs the location of the .png or .bmp file and then i have this below it[code]...
How can i fix the error that i get "Type system.string cannot be converted to type system.drawing.image"
i'm currently wonder how to let the users change the font size via a combo box(I have it set up for Small,Medium and Large) That should be fairly easy. The next is more complex. I want users to be able to browse for an image and use it as the background image of the program.
View 4 RepliesIm building a software but look,,I have some images at my resource folder..I cant make it when the mouse double click the form the background image changes,,,I can make one image to change when u double click the form..example:
Form1_MouseDoubleClick
Me.BackgroundImage = My.Resources.Image1
Now I want to make it to change more images within the resource folder
I'm trying to change the background color of a node that is being hovered over while the user is dragging items from a list box.I've gotten both functions to work separately, but while the user is dragging, the NodeMouseHover event does not fire. Is there a way to do both?
vb Private Sub trvNavigation_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles trvNavigation.DragEnter
If Me.CanMove(e) Then
e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy
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Note: CanMove() is a function I made that verifies the dragged data. Nothing else. And I will change "Color.Blue" to a system color later.
I have a question of VB event handler and color picker. Now I have a label, and I want when user click it, it pops up a color picker dialog and let user to change the background color of the label. Not sure how to implement this, can anyone give me a direction?
View 2 RepliesHow to change a forms background system color schemes to windows default color schemes in vb.net?
View 2 RepliesHow to make glossy button in Vb.Net?
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how change button background on mouseover?
I would like to make the user of my program able to change the hotkeys to what ever he wants..I tried to use the following code in a module and on MainForm load event RegisterHotKeys Sub will be executed..[code]
View 1 RepliesWhat i want is :
There is one windows app ( made in .NET 3.5, VS2008, C# ) for Windows XP SP2 & SP3
generally users can change there IP or modify their IP Address.
Now,when my apps starts i dont want users to change there IP Address untill my app stops.
How can a make a picture box that can allow the user to scroll through the image?
View 2 Repliesapplication i'm developing in school.I am trying to make the program detect when the user copies new content to the clipboard,when this happens I want the program to check the data type,
I want text content to be written to a text file.Images can be left alone.if a file or folder is copied, i want the location of the copied file and the file name to be written to a text file.
I only really need help in getting the program to detect a clipboard modification, preferably with the AddHandler statement.
I want to do is make a notification system, kind of like aim were a new little box will show up to alert the user of a couple different things.
This is how far i have gotten :
Dim popups As ArrayList
Public Sub newEvent(ByVal title As String, ByVal description As String)
popups.Add(New Form())
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I use an arraylist because i dont know how many messages will come around the same time, but i could switch to an array if i must. this is the form that i made as kind of a template :
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Its just got a couple text boxes for now. how can i make these new forms every time i have a new message to display and the clean up after them when they are done.
let's say i finished my application.. it already has 3 images that when i click button1, form background image is red, button2, blue, button3, whatever color image u like.. ;o)
now the app is built as a .exe and i would like to add more images to be able to change the background image... is there a special folder that contains my app images, or are they embedded in my application?
or is there a way to update the exe with new images... this is a new field for me, so make it simple..
I am create a isMDIformcontainer=true form, Design time have backgroud color. But runtime no color. Can you change the backgroud of MDI parent form..?
View 3 RepliesI have a VB.NET form with a red background and white text. I want to change the opacity of the background (not the text) to 50%; how would I go about accomplishing that?
View 1 Repliesi want my program change the backgound color of the form even it is restarted or the computer is off when i open it again and run the program i want the color that i selected is previous would be the background color that will appear when i run it again... how could i do it?I'm done change the background with Color Dialog but when Quit the program and run again it will turn back to the original background color
View 2 RepliesIs it possible to change desktop background using VB.NET?I'd like to change the icons too plan on making a VB.NET program that can automatically make Windows XP look like Mac in just one click.
View 4 RepliesI need to be able to detect when the background changes, for example user right clicks and selects next background, My first thought was using a FileSystemWatcher on the folder where the images are kept to detect when windows reads a image but that didn't work with the filter to last access but it doesn't seem to be working even when i run as administrator
View 2 RepliesI write code to change all menu background color change:
For Each blah As ToolStripMenuItem In MenuStrip.Items
blah.BackColor = Color.DimGray
blah.ForeColor = Color.Black
For Each meh As ToolStripMenuItem In blah.DropDownItems
meh.BackColor = Color.DimGray
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I want to Change BackgroundImage In MDIFORM in VB.Net and Set Picture.
View 1 RepliesI have been trying to make a "skinnable" program, and I am having trouble making it so that when the user clicks a button, it changes to a different image for the background.
View 2 RepliesI have a form with a tab control on it. I would like to be able to rotate backgrounds, from the code.I'd especially like to be able to change just one tab on the tab control. I know how to do this in the IDE, of course.)
View 3 RepliesHow to change the desktop background picture using vb.net"? ie , i want to change my desktop background through my vb.net code?
View 2 Replieshow can I change the grey part into white color? I want my tabcontrol filled with full white color. So far what i did is like this:
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I found this on the web after i was searching on how to change the background color of a dateTimePicker the actual background of the control not the background of the calendar within the control. I have my computer windows set up with a green color so my eyes get no so much of a workout, instead of white like is default. so when the dateTimePicker is displayed in the program im building it is green, unless i set my windows color to white in the appearance/advance/window
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i would like to change the background color of the form when giving the color name in the textbox and enter it.
View 2 RepliesHow do I change the Background Image of a form ? not with the properties I know how to do it from there I guess . but I want to change it with coding .How do I do that ?
edit : and another thing when I try to add an image to a image box it shows me the image error image. you know when it can't load the image. it actually showed it for 1 second and then it disappear .here is the code for the Image box
ptbplayer.ImageLocation = CurDir() & "Images/player.jpg"