Question

I would like to rotate the content of a Form (WinForms). Is it possible to implement that behavior in some way?

I already known that with WPF would be easier but the form and the logic are already implemented and in addition I should work with Framework 2.0.

I also known that using video card features that would probably possible, but I need to rotate only one specific form, not all applications running on the target pc.

Answer 1

At the end I solved this by cloning the form and all the controls that contains (if someone want to take a look the code just comment) and proceed to rotate them one by one.

Private Shared Sub RotateForm180(frm As Form)

    For Each ctrl As Control In frm.Controls
        RotateControl180(ctrl)
    Next

End Sub

Private Shared Sub RotateControl180(ctrl As Control)

    Dim oScreenRect As Rectangle = ctrl.Parent.RectangleToScreen(ctrl.Parent.ClientRectangle)

    ctrl.Location = New Point(oScreenRect.Width - (ctrl.Location.X + ctrl.Width),
                              oScreenRect.Height - (ctrl.Location.Y + ctrl.Height))

    For Each c As Control In ctrl.Controls
        RotateControl180(c)
    Next

End Sub

Form background can also by rotated.

_BackgroundImage.RotateFlip(RotateFlipType.Rotate180FlipNone)