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Adding a custom button in title bar VB.NET

I was just wondering if there was a possible way to add a custom button into the title bar using VB.NET. I've seen many such questions on Stack Overflow but failed to get a sure-shot and a working answer.

Can anyone help me around with this issue? I've checked on Google and other website too but it fails to render. I want the code to work on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

I would be grateful if you will be able to give a working code and the button must even be able to accept click events and post it to the form it is on for some action.

Thanks in advance

Solution

  • If you mean winforms, I can think of two ways to do this:

    • Hide the titlebar and replace it with your own, which I don't recommend.
    • Build the button as a very small form that you keep docked in the correct position every time your window moves.