Question WPF Custom Window Border for Children

[MaSSaSLaYeR]

Hello!

I'm searching for a way to create a border of sunflowers instead of the classic rectangler border.

Does anyone know a way to do this?

To give a better understanding what a mean I created a simple thing in paint to demonstrate.

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/174/90265955.jpg

Thanks!

-Greetz- Vincent

 

[JohnH]

Basically you can just set some options for the BorderThickness and BorderBrush properties of the Window, eg select Image Brush, select the image, set to Tile. Thickness like image.
If you manage the size and set to a multiple of the image size it will tile nicer. Also if the image has transparancy you can set AllowTransparancy=True and WindowStyle=None, which will make the border tranparent around the flowers, looks quite nice when you see it in action! I'm attaching a sample project, the image was resampled from yours. Since this sample window has no title bar I added some code so it can be dragged around anyway.

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[MaSSaSLaYeR]

Basically you can just set some options for the BorderThickness and BorderBrush properties of the Window, eg select Image Brush, select the image, set to Tile. Thickness like image.
If you manage the size and set to a multiple of the image size it will tile nicer. Also if the image has transparancy you can set AllowTransparancy=True and WindowStyle=None, which will make the border tranparent around the flowers, looks quite nice when you see it in action! I'm attaching a sample project, the image was resampled from yours. Since this sample window has no title bar I added some code so it can be dragged around anyway.

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Hello!

Thanks so much for you answer! With your example how is it possible to make the window bigger cause I changed the window settings to 800 with and 600 height but the application stays small?

Thanks for the answer it was a great help!

Kind regards,
Vincent

 

[JohnH]

Have a look in the window code, and also keep in mind the explanation

 

[MaSSaSLaYeR]

Have a look in the window code, and also keep in mind the explanation

Hello!

Thanks for that info everything is working fine:

Now my question is if it's possible to fade the white border so the transition from the sunflowers to the white is cleaner.

Greetz!
-Vincent-