.Net – Produce Special effects when loading or closing windows

1- Animate the window from left to right 2 -Animate the window from right to left 4 -Animate the window from top to bottom 8 -Animate the window from bottom to top 65536 -Hides the window 131072 – Activates the window 262144 -Slide animation 524288 – Fade effect

Code Samples

C#.Net

using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
const int AW_HOR_POSITIVE = 1;
const int AW_HOR_NEGATIVE = 2;
const int AW_VER_POSITIVE = 4;
const int AW_VER_NEGATIVE = 8;
const int AW_HIDE = 65536;
const int AW_ACTIVATE = 131072;
const int AW_SLIDE = 262144;
const int AW_BLEND = 524288;
 
[DllImport("user32", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]       
private static extern int AnimateWindow(IntPtr hwnd, int dwTime, int dwFlags);
 
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   AnimateWindow(Handle, 500, AW_BLEND | AW_ACTIVATE);
}

VB.Net

Imports Microsoft.Win32
 
Private Const AW_HOR_POSITIVE = 1
Private Const AW_HOR_NEGATIVE = 2
Private Const AW_VER_POSITIVE = 4
Private Const AW_VER_NEGATIVE = 8
Private Const AW_HIDE = 65536
Private Const AW_ACTIVATE = 131072
Private Const AW_SLIDE = 262144
Private Const AW_BLEND = 524288
 
 
Private Declare Function AnimateWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal dwtime As Integer, ByVal dwflags As Integer) As Boolean
 
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
      AnimateWindow(Handle, 500, &H80000 Or &H20000)
 
End Sub