by Sreeram.P (16 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB.NET
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Fri 9th June 2006
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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How to show the text shaped form? Solution is here...
API Declarations
Private Declare Function EndPath Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function PathToRegion Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowRgn Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hRgn As Long, ByVal bRedraw As Boolean) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateFont Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateFontA" (ByVal H As Long, ByVal W As Long, ByVal E As Long, ByVal O As Long, ByVal W As Long, ByVal i As Long, ByVal u As Long, ByVal S As Long, ByVal C As Long, ByVal OP As Long, ByVal CP As Long, ByVal Q As Long, ByVal PAF As Long, ByVal F As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Const FW_BOLD = 700
VBcoders
Private Sub ShapePicture()
Const TEXT1 = "SREERAM"
Dim new_font As Long
Dim old_font As Long
Dim hRgn As Long
' Prepare the form.
AutoRedraw = True
BorderStyle = vbBSNone
ScaleMode = vbPixels
BackColor = vbBlue
'Me.ForeColor = vbBlack
'Me.DrawWidth = 1
' Make a big font.
new_font = CustomFont(250, 65, 0, 0, _
FW_BOLD, False, False, False, _
"Times New Roman")
old_font = SelectObject(Me.hdc, new_font)
' Make the region.
SelectObject Me.hdc, new_font
BeginPath Me.hdc
Me.CurrentX = (ScaleWidth - Me.TextWidth(TEXT1)) / 2
Me.CurrentY = -40
Me.Print TEXT1
EndPath Me.hdc
hRgn = PathToRegion(Me.hdc)
' Constrain the PictureBox to the region.
SetWindowRgn Me.hWnd, hRgn, False
' Restore the original font.
SelectObject hdc, old_font
' Free font resources (important!)
DeleteObject new_font
' Draw text in the PictureBox.
With Me.Font
.Name = "Times New Roman"
.Size = 8
.Bold = False
End With
End Sub
' Make a customized font and return its handle.
Private Function CustomFont(ByVal hgt As Long, ByVal wid As Long, ByVal escapement As Long, ByVal orientation As Long, ByVal wgt As Long, ByVal is_italic As Long, ByVal is_underscored As Long, ByVal is_striken_out As Long, ByVal face As String) As Long
Const CLIP_LH_ANGLES = 16 ' Needed for tilted fonts.
CustomFont = CreateFont( _
hgt, wid, escapement, orientation, wgt, _
is_italic, is_underscored, is_striken_out, _
0, 0, CLIP_LH_ANGLES, 0, 0, face)
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
' Shape the picture.
ShapePicture
End Sub
Private Sub Form_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Unload Me
End Sub