Author:	Elad Rosenheim
Category:	Screen/Graphics
Type:	Applications
Difficulty:	Advanced

Version Compatibility:

Visual Basic 5   Visual Basic 6

More information: A lot of applications today allow custom bitmaps ("skins") to be used as the user-interface/background to the program - Take Winamp for example.

Some applications (such as the MP3 players Sonique and kjofol) allow you to use non-rectangular bitmaps with transparent sections.

The following demo does just that. I'm no graphics artist, though, so to create a better-looking skin you'll have to work hard - but the code is here for you to do it.

Note that you can move the form by pressing and dragging the mouse anywhere on the form - even though it doesn't have a title bar.

This code has been viewed 77863 times.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

code/bitmap_region.zip