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Q: Create a form with a client edge


Answer:

You can create a form with a client edge overriding the CreateParams function and adding the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE style to Params.ExStyle.

Step 1: Add the CreateParams prototype to the form class.

    private:
        void __fastcall CreateParams(TCreateParams &Params);

Step 2: Code the function.

    void __fastcall TForm1::CreateParams(TCreateParams &Params)
    {
        TForm::CreateParams(Params);         // call base class first
        Params.ExStyle |= WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE;  // then add the style
    }

If you would rather not bother with CreateParams, you can achieve identical results by placing a panel on your form. Set the Aligment property of the panel to alClient, set both BevelInner and BevelOuter to bvNone, and set the panel's BorderStyle property to bsSingle.



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