Transparency?

[EZCheeZe]

Im working on a fairly simple project, and there is only one thibg I cant get to work correcdtly. I have 3 labels, each with an image in it, that overlap. I set the background to transparent (Windows.yaddayadda.transparent) but the background is still the system gray color. My entire project depends on this, so any help will be welcome.

 

[Divil]

When using transparent colours on controls, I think the best youll get is the actual form background (i.e. that gray colour) showing through. To achieve proper transparency effects, youll want to be painting everything yourself, using GDI+.

This isnt quite as daunting as it sounds, the documentation is quite good and there are a lot of samples out there. If you want to draw three images that have transparent sections, it should be quite trivial. It is a matter of overriding the forms OnPaint method (or responding to the Paint event) and doing all your drawing in there.

 

[EZCheeZe]

Maybe I should explain a little more. I have 3 image lists. Each labels image (part of the image list) is determined by a scrollbars position, and is constantly changing.

 

[UCM]

Check out This Thread...Divils post has a couple linksGeorge Shepherds Windows Forms FAQ shows you how to do it...

Thanx Divil!!!