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+title: How to use RadTitleBar on a standard MS Form/RadForm
+description: This article demonstrates how to use RadTitle on a standard MS Form/RadForm.
+type: how-to
+page_title: How to use RadTitleBar on a standard MS Form/RadForm
+slug: titlebar-on-form
+position: 0
+tags: formsanddialogs,titlebar, forms, minimize, maximize, winforms
+res_type: kb
+---
+
+## Environment
+
+|Product Version|Product|Author|
+|----|----|----|
+|2025.3.812|RadTitleBar for WinForms|[Nadya Karaivanova](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/nadya-karaivanova)|
+
+## Description
+
+The standard Form as well as RadForm do provide their own title bar integrated in the form. However, a common requirement is to want to customize the buttons on the form, or change their behavior, etc. Here comes [RadTitleBar](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/forms-and-dialogs/radtitlebar/radtitlebar) that allows it to be fully customized. 
+
+## Solution 
+
+To use RadTitleBar on a standard Form or RadForm, and achieve the same behavior when minimizing/maximizing the form, you need to override the `WndProc()` as shown below:
+
+A full code snippet is illustrated below. You can use the following approach for either [MS Form](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.form?view=windowsdesktop-9.0) or [RadForm](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/forms-and-dialogs/form/form).
+
+
+````C#
+
+public partial class Form1 : Form
+{
+    public Form1()
+    {
+        InitializeComponent();
+        //remove title bar of existing Form
+        this.ControlBox = false;
+        this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;
+
+        //Add RadTitleBar
+        RadTitleBar radTitleBar = new Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTitleBar();
+        radTitleBar.Dock = DockStyle.Top;
+        this.Controls.Add(radTitleBar);
+
+    }
+
+    protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
+    {
+        if (m.Msg == NativeMethods.WM_GETMINMAXINFO)
+        {
+            NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO info = (NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO)Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, typeof(NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO));
+
+            if (this.Parent == null)
+            {
+                Screen scr = Screen.FromControl(this);
+                Rectangle workingArea = scr.WorkingArea;
+                Rectangle screenRect = scr.Bounds;
+
+                info.ptMaxSize.x = workingArea.Width;
+                info.ptMaxSize.y = workingArea.Height;
+                info.ptMaxPosition.x = workingArea.X - screenRect.X;
+                info.ptMaxPosition.y = workingArea.Y - screenRect.Y;
+                Marshal.StructureToPtr(info, m.LParam, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        base.WndProc(ref m);
+    }
+}
+
+````
+````VB.NET
+
+Public Partial Class Form1
+    Inherits Form
+
+    Public Sub New()
+        InitializeComponent()
+        ' remove title bar of existing Form
+        Me.ControlBox = False
+        Me.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None
+
+        ' Add RadTitleBar
+        Dim radTitleBar As RadTitleBar = New Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadTitleBar()
+        radTitleBar.Dock = DockStyle.Top
+        Me.Controls.Add(radTitleBar)
+    End Sub
+
+    Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)
+        If m.Msg = NativeMethods.WM_GETMINMAXINFO Then
+            Dim info As NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO = CType(Marshal.PtrToStructure(m.LParam, GetType(NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO)), NativeMethods.MINMAXINFO)
+
+            If Me.Parent Is Nothing Then
+                Dim scr As Screen = Screen.FromControl(Me)
+                Dim workingArea As Rectangle = scr.WorkingArea
+                Dim screenRect As Rectangle = scr.Bounds
+                info.ptMaxSize.x = workingArea.Width
+                info.ptMaxSize.y = workingArea.Height
+                info.ptMaxPosition.x = workingArea.X - screenRect.X
+                info.ptMaxPosition.y = workingArea.Y - screenRect.Y
+                Marshal.StructureToPtr(info, m.LParam, False)
+            End If
+        End If
+
+        MyBase.WndProc(m)
+    End Sub
+End Class
+
+````
+