How to develop a custom window which will have all the Properties of general window using WPF

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I am going to develop my own window where I'll have my own Caption Buttons (Minimize, Maximize, Restore and Close) and all the properties related to these buttons and can add any control at the title position of the window.

Suggest me the way how I'll proceed for it please......

Thanks in advance

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Hi first of all I apologies for my late response and Thanks a lot for your active responses. Actually I want to develop a windows application which will be very similar to Google Chrome web browser and in that application, I'll place a Tab Control within my Customized Window. I need to know how to go for a custom template of a window…

Posted 10-Nov-10 1:58am

Basnta Padhi

Updated 11-Nov-10 23:32pm

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Henry Minute 10-Nov-10 8:52am

What have you tried so far?

fjdiewornncalwe 10-Nov-10 18:43pm

Could you clarify a bit for us why you would want to do this?

Pete O'Hanlon 12-Nov-10 8:15am

You seem to be a bit trigger happy with the downvotes. Nobody is going to give you all the stuff you need to do here.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2010-11-12T02:39:00

Apurva3633 wrote:
At least tell me by using this(Windows Controls) how can I make a Control template for my customize window, if u have any sample then please refer it to me. -

I'm not sure what you mean by this. You need to look at the standard window controls and select the one(s) that will do what you need in your application. If there is not a standard window for some aspect of the application then you need to create it yourself.

Start with a simple window (i.e. no specialised features) which will act as your frame window. Add child window(s) as necessary to provide the features you want in your application. For example, to provide a window that shows a list of some sort you would add a List View[^]. If you want tabbed windows then add a Tab[^] control. Continue on until your application is complete.

Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 2 · 2010-11-12T00:58:00

Solution 1

Set your window WindowStyle to None, and then take over the drawing yourself. I have a sample here[^] that demonstrates how to accomplish this.

Posted 12-Nov-10 0:58am

Pete O'Hanlon

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 3 · 2010-11-12T01:05:00

Solution 2

Try some of the CodeProject articles, look at Windows Controls[^] in MSDN, try searching Google, etc. You are asking for a huge amount of information in one question, so it is impossible to give a more specific answer.

Posted 12-Nov-10 1:05am

Richard MacCutchan

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Basnta Padhi 12-Nov-10 8:11am

At least tell me by using this(Windows Controls) how can I make a Control template for my customize window, if u have any sample then please refer it to me.

Pete O'Hanlon 12-Nov-10 9:18am

Have a 5 to balance his univote out.