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Form.BorderStyle

Gets or sets the border style of the form.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property BorderStyle As FormBorderStyle
[C#]
public FormBorderStyle BorderStyle {get; set;}
[C++]
public: __property FormBorderStyle get_BorderStyle();
public: __property void set_BorderStyle(FormBorderStyle);
[JScript]
public function get BorderStyle() : FormBorderStyle;
public function set BorderStyle(FormBorderStyle);

Property Value

A FormBorderStyle that represents the style of border to display for the form. The default is FormBorderStyle.Sizable.

Remarks

The border style of the form determines how the outer edge of the form appears. In addition to changing the border display for a form, certain border styles prevent the form from being sized. For example, the FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog border style changes the border of the form to that of a dialog box and prevents the form from being resized. The border style can also affect the size or availability of the caption bar section of a form.

Example [C#]

The following example creates a new instance of a Form and calls the ShowDialog method to display the form as a dialog box. The example sets the BorderStyle, AcceptButton, CancelButton, MinimizeBox, MaximizeBox, and StartPosition properties to change the appearance and functionality of the form to a dialog box. The example also sets uses the System.WinForms.Form$Controls.Add method of the form's Controls collection to add two Button controls. The example uses the HelpButton property to display a help button in the caption bar of the dialog box.

[C#]

public void CreateMyForm()
{
   // Create a new instance of the form.
   Form form1 = new Form();
   // Create two buttons to use as the accept and cancel buttons.
   Button button1 = new Button ();
   Button button2 = new Button ();
  
   // Set the text of button1 to "OK".
   button1.Text = "OK";
   // Set the position of the button on the form.
   button1.Location = new Point (10, 10);
   // Set the text of button2 to "Cancel".
   button2.Text = "Cancel";
   // Set the position of the button based on the location of button1.
   button1.Location
      = new Point (button1.Left, button1.Height + button1.Top + 10);
   // Set the caption bar text of the form.   
   form1.Text = "My Dialog Box";
   // Display a help button on the form.
   form1.HelpButton = true;

   // Define the border style of the form to a dialog box.
   form1.BorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedDialog
   // Set the MaximizeBox to false to remove the maximize box.
   form1.MaximizeBox = false;
   // Set the MinimizeBox to false to remove the minimize box.
   form1.MinimizeBox = false;
   // Set the accept button of the form to button1.
   form1.AcceptButton = button1;
   // Set the cancel button of the form to button2.
   form1.CancelButton = button2;
   // Set the start position of the form to the center of the screen.
   form1.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
   
   // Add button1 to the form.
   form1.Controls.Add(button1);
   // Add button2 to the form.
   form1.Controls.Add(button2);
   
   // Display the form as a modal dialog box.
   form1.ShowDialog();
}

See Also

Form Class | Form Members | System.WinForms Namespace