Transparent backgroun usercontrol

[htrada]

Hi,
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[Iceplug]

You cannot make any control transparent, and the closest thing is more like a chameleon effect where the control takes on the backcolor or background picture as you mentioned.
If controls allowed transparency, then youd at least be able to load a GIF into a picturebox and see through it to controls underneath.
Instead, you have to draw them.
Which unfortunately means that you cannot make it a control.

You can create a class or a component that does this, and then have a Draw() method that will draw it with a Graphics object.

 

[superdude]

Try inheriting from panel og control
i have made several transparent usercontrols

i usualy inherit control
and use:

Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.DoubleBuffer, True)
Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint, True)
Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor, True)
Me.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint, True)

 

[htrada]

thanks

hi,
I

 

[Diesel]

Check out these superDuper articles...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vbtskcreatingnon-standardshapedwindowsforms.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchshapedwindowsformscontrolsinvisualstudionet.asp

 

[htrada]

Great link Diesel,
it

 

[Iceplug]

Those are some nice links. Thanks.