![]() ![]() Simply take note of the size and location of the panel in the upper left corner tile and swap out panels assigning those values to the other panels as you need to in code.īeyond that, read my previous post on transparent forms for more info – it’s an easy and short read through. Like I stated earlier, your interface should be panel based to make it easier to swap them out between application states. Use the upper left tile inside of the designer to place your designed chrome buttons (min, close etc…). The tiled background gives you a chance to see what your app states UI will look like as you design them. You should create as many panels as needed to hold the different UI states of your app inside of the different tiles. ![]() My application background tiled in the forms designer with the panels in place. Creating The Background For The Application ![]() This application does only one thing without any other options, so it’s a sure fire shoe-in for a widget. I would rather run my code than anyone else s’ on my computer – so an application was born. I needed to get my music files off of my iPod so that I could play them on my computer without tying up a USB port. Suffice it to say, I like my iPod – I just don’t like iTunes. If I want to play the music on my computers’ speakers I get a purchase driven interface that concentrates more on selling me something than anything else. My iPod is the only music player that I have ever owned that does not make it easy to get my music files off of. Even the very cheapest music player you can buy allows you to get your music off of the device easily. Let’s start with the music eating iTunes application. After my post on transparent forms in Visual Basic I decided to port it to a Widget format to make it easier to use and demonstrate what goes into creating a transparent Windows Forms application… Necessity Drives Innovation – The Need For This App Originally this application was a console application that I developed to get the music off of my iPod. Windows Installer To Try It Out Without Installing Visual Studio. ![]()
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