Adding icon, toggle btn, or check box to form control box

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farseer - 06 Nov 2006 06:04 GMT

Hi,

is it possible to add an icon, toggle btn, or even a checkbox to the
control box caption area of a form (this is there the minimize,
maximize and close icons are located in the upper right of a form) and
also trap for user clicks on those controls?

thanks much

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 06 Nov 2006 23:04 GMT

"farseer" <farseer@optonline.net> schrieb:

> is it possible to add an icon, toggle btn, or even a checkbox to the
> control box caption area of a form (this is there the minimize,
> maximize and close icons are located in the upper right of a form) and
> also trap for user clicks on those controls?

Basically it is possible using Win32 interop calls, but I would not
recommend it because it violates Windows design guidelines.

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farseer - 08 Nov 2006 07:06 GMT

there is no way to subclass or inherit from a WinForm to do this? i'm
suprised...

On Nov 6, 6:04 pm, "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]"
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> "farseer" <fars...@optonline.net> schrieb:
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