HOW-TO

At some stage of your project you may decide to swtich from RadForm to ShapedForm or vice versa. This article discusses the migration process in details.

SOLUTION

Migrate from RadForm to ShapedForm

As demonstrated in this Knowledge Base article, you should inherit your Form from ShapedForm instead of RadFrom. When switching from RadForm to ShapedForm you will have serialized code that is only for RadForm.
For example, BeginInit() and EndInit() exist only for RadForm so you will have to remove them.
The serialized code is similar to the code below:

ShapedForm does not have RootElement property as well, so you will have to remove it from the serialized code.

Then, in order to apply shape to the shaped form use the RoundRectShape method as mentioned in this Knowledge Base article. Since ShapedForm does not have a title bar, you should drag RadTitleBar from the Toolbox on the form. Then, do not Dock it Top, because this will make RadTitleBar cover the form's borders. Instead, anchor it to top, left and right and keep space for the border.

Migrate from ShapedForm to RadForm

In order to migrate your form from ShapedForm to RadForm, you should inherit the form from RadForm instead of from ShapedForm. RadForm does not have Shape, BorderColor or BorderWidth properties, so you should delete the code concerning them. For additional information about the further steps of using RadFrom, please refer to the respective Knowledge Base article.