Transparent Window / Form using C# (application skins)?

I need someone to tell me how i can learn or do this thing. I want to creat my windows applications that has an interface that looks something like the windows media player ,winamp skins or the new MSN messenger 8. How can i do this? can anyone tell me about any books, componets or even write a simple code to do this in C# or VB.NET ? Please, I really wanna learn this. Thank you all for your help

Transparent Window / Form using C# (application skins)?
If you want a Transparent Look to your


Windows applications you can Use a Property called:


"Opacity" for a Windows Form Object.


It's value Lies Between 0% and 100% (both Inclusive)


Less the Opacity Percentage More Transparent is your form.





For Providing Skins You need to Create Custom Images and also


set TranparencyKey [again a property Of for] accordingly.





Also see the Following Links:


http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/Web_Br...





http://quickstart.developerfusion.co.uk/...





For Creating Custom Shaped forms Visit:


http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/irregu...





Spice Up Your Windows Forms:


http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2004_11/mag...





Hope this helps
Reply:v1.1 of the .NET framework does not have "skinning" at least in the form you want it. There are lots of libraries that will give you a start, but anything beyond changing basic colors is going to be a chore. But not to leave you without a starting point:





http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.ph...
Reply:refer http://www.codeproject.com