'A form with custom border and title bar.

'Some functions, such as resize the window via mouse, are not implemented yet.

'The color and the width of the border.

Private borderColor As Color = Color.GreenYellow
Private borderWidth As Integer = 3
'The color and region of the header.
Private headerColor As Color = Color.GreenYellow
Private headerRect As Rectangle
'The region of the client.
Private clientRect As Rectangle
'The region of the title text.
Private titleRect As Rectangle
'The region of the minimum button.
Private miniBoxRect As Rectangle
'The region of the maximum button.
Private maxBoxRect As Rectangle
'The region of the close button.
Private closeBoxRect As Rectangle
'The states of the three header buttons.
Private miniState As ButtonState
Private maxState As ButtonState
Private closeState As ButtonState
'Store the mouse down point to handle moving the form.
Private x As Integer = 0
Private y As Integer = 0
'The height of the header.
Const HEADER_HEIGHT As Integer = 25
'The size of the header buttons.
ReadOnly BUTTON_BOX_SIZE As Size = New Size(15, 15)

Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e

As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Hide the border and the title bar.
Me.FormBorderStyle = Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None
End Sub

Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_Paint(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e

As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint
'Draw the header.
Using b As Brush = New SolidBrush(borderColor)
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(b, headerRect)
End Using
'Draw the title text
Using b As Brush = New SolidBrush(Me.ForeColor)
e.Graphics.DrawString(Me.Text, Me.Font, b, titleRect)
End Using
'Draw the header buttons.
If Me.MinimizeBox Then
ControlPaint.DrawCaptionButton(e.Graphics, miniBoxRect,
CaptionButton.Minimize, miniState)
End If
If Me.MinimizeBox Then
ControlPaint.DrawCaptionButton(e.Graphics, maxBoxRect,
CaptionButton.Maximize, maxState)
End If
If Me.MinimizeBox Then
ControlPaint.DrawCaptionButton(e.Graphics, closeBoxRect,
CaptionButton.Close, closeState)
End If
'Draw the border.
ControlPaint.DrawBorder(e.Graphics, clientRect, borderColor, _
borderWidth, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid, borderColor, borderWidth,
ButtonBorderStyle.Solid, borderColor, borderWidth, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid,
borderColor, borderWidth, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid)
End Sub

'Handle resize to adjust the region ot border, header and so on.

Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_Resize(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Resize
headerRect = New Rectangle(Me.ClientRectangle.Location, New
Size(Me.ClientRectangle.Width, HEADER_HEIGHT))
clientRect = New Rectangle(New Point(Me.ClientRectangle.Location.X,
Me.ClientRectangle.Y + HEADER_HEIGHT), _
New Point(Me.ClientRectangle.Width, Me.ClientRectangle.Height -
HEADER_HEIGHT))
Dim yOffset = (headerRect.Height + borderWidth - BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Height) /
2
titleRect = New Rectangle(yOffset, yOffset, _
Me.ClientRectangle.Width - 3 *
(BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width + 1) - yOffset, _
BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Height)
miniBoxRect = New Rectangle(Me.ClientRectangle.Width - 3 *
(BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width + 1), _
yOffset, BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width,
BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Height)
maxBoxRect = New Rectangle(Me.ClientRectangle.Width - 2 *
(BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width + 1), _
yOffset, BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width,
BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Height)
closeBoxRect = New Rectangle(Me.ClientRectangle.Width - 1 *
(BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width + 1), _
yOffset, BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Width,
BUTTON_BOX_SIZE.Height)
Me.Invalidate()
End Sub

Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_MouseDown(ByVal sender As System.Object,

ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseDown
'Start to move the form.
If (titleRect.Contains(e.Location)) Then
x = e.X
y = e.Y
End If

'Check and press the header buttons.

Dim mousePos As Point = Me.PointToClient(Control.MousePosition)
If (miniBoxRect.Contains(mousePos)) Then
miniState = ButtonState.Pushed
ElseIf (maxBoxRect.Contains(mousePos)) Then
maxState = ButtonState.Pushed
ElseIf (closeBoxRect.Contains(mousePos)) Then
closeState = ButtonState.Pushed
End If

End Sub
 Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_MouseMove(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseMove
'Move and refresh.
If (x <> 0 And y <> 0) Then
Me.Location = New Point(Me.Left + e.X - x, Me.Top + e.Y - y)
Me.Refresh()
End If

End Sub

Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_MouseUp(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal

e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles MyBase.MouseUp
'Reset the mouse point.
x = 0
y = 0

'Check the button states and modify the window state.

If miniState = ButtonState.Pushed Then
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized
miniState = ButtonState.Normal
ElseIf maxState = ButtonState.Pushed Then
If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal Then
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
maxState = ButtonState.Checked
Else
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
maxState = ButtonState.Normal
End If
ElseIf closeState = ButtonState.Pushed Then
Me.Close()
End If

End Sub

'Handle this event to maxmize/normalize the form via double clicking the title
bar.
Private Sub CustomBorderColorForm_MouseDoubleClick(ByVal sender As
System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles
MyBase.MouseDoubleClick
If (titleRect.Contains(e.Location)) Then
If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal Then
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
maxState = ButtonState.Checked
Else
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
maxState = ButtonState.Normal
End If
End If
End Sub