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Blue 25 Percent Opaque
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Windows.Forms

public class Blue25PercentOpaque
   public Shared Sub Main
        Application.Run(New DrawingForm)
   End Sub
End class




Public Class DrawingForm
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

    Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()

        'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

    End Sub

    'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
    Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
        If disposing Then
            If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
                components.Dispose()
            End If
        End If
        MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
    End Sub

    'Required by the Windows Form Designer
    Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

    'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
    'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
    'Do not modify it using the code editor.
    Friend WithEvents drawEllipseButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button
    <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
        Me.drawEllipseButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
        Me.SuspendLayout()
        '
        'drawEllipseButton
        '
        Me.drawEllipseButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(43, 32)
        Me.drawEllipseButton.Name = "drawEllipseButton"
        Me.drawEllipseButton.TabIndex = 1
        Me.drawEllipseButton.Text = "Draw Ellipse"
        '
        'Form1
        '
        Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
        Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(160, 86)
        Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.drawEllipseButton})
        Me.Name = "Form1"
        Me.Text = "Form1"
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region

    Private Sub DrawingForm_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint

        Dim blue25PercentOpaque As Color = Color.FromArgb(255 * 1 / 4, 0, 0, 255)

        Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics
        Dim b As Brush = New SolidBrush(blue25PercentOpaque)
        g.FillEllipse(b, Me.ClientRectangle)

    End Sub

End Class








14.53.Form Properties
14.53.1.Override the DefaultSize property to gain better performanceOverride the DefaultSize property to gain better performance
14.53.2.Change Form SizeChange Form Size
14.53.3.Change Form Size, Text, Background Color and button fontChange Form Size, Text, Background Color and button font
14.53.4.Set Form Background colorSet Form Background color
14.53.5.Form Opacity
14.53.6.Blue 25 Percent OpaqueBlue 25 Percent Opaque
14.53.7.Set Form background image
14.53.8.Set TransparencyKey
14.53.9.Transparent Form: Opacity = 0.66