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I am trying to do something really simple. I have a small PictureBox control whose image is a GIF file that has some transparency (the white background is the transparent color). When I stick this control on a form, it is indeed transparent, as the color of the form shows where the white used to be. So far so good.
Now, I want to stick my small PictureBox on top of a much larger PictureBox, which is full of different colors. When I do so, the transparent gif no longer works - instead of showing the colors behind the white, it is still showing the color of the form!
In VBA (e.g. MS Excel VBA form, using Image controls) this is trivial - you set the backstyle property to transparent, and it works like a charm. But in Visual Studio 2005 I cannot for the life of me figure this out - it should be simple.
thanks for any help on this!
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Now, I want to stick my small PictureBox on top of a much larger PictureBox, which is full of different colors. When I do so, the transparent gif no longer works - instead of showing the colors behind the white, it is still showing the color of the form!
In VBA (e.g. MS Excel VBA form, using Image controls) this is trivial - you set the backstyle property to transparent, and it works like a charm. But in Visual Studio 2005 I cannot for the life of me figure this out - it should be simple.
thanks for any help on this!
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