http://www.mvps.org/vbvision/_samples/MDI_Background_Demo.zip MDI Background Demo.zip (25KB) This project shows how you can use memory device contexts to create pictures that can be assigned to the picture property of a VB MDI parent form. The project contains routines to stretch a bitmap across the background of the form and center a bitmap on top of a background as well as a routine for tiling a bitmap onto the background. It also contains code to draw transparent bitmaps that is used when overlaying a foreground bitmap onto the background. This project replaces a previous demo that used subclassing to attain a similar result. The routines in this project are generic enough that they can be used with any VB form or control that has a picture property.
MDI Background Demo.zip (25KB)
This project shows how you can use memory device contexts to create pictures that can be assigned to the picture property of a VB MDI parent form. The project contains routines to stretch a bitmap across the background of the form and center a bitmap on top of a background as well as a routine for tiling a bitmap onto the background. It also contains code to draw transparent bitmaps that is used when overlaying a foreground bitmap onto the background. This project replaces a previous demo that used subclassing to attain a similar result. The routines in this project are generic enough that they can be used with any VB form or control that has a picture property.