"Konstantine" <kcs@csiw-no-spam-please.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have spent several hours trying to find an answer to this and I am
having
> no luck. I know this has been asked before but I can not find or come up
> with an answer that works
>
> I have a VB.NET app and I want to 'overlay' a bitmap on it. The bitmap has
> several areas 'cutout' using the color 255,0,255. The cutout areas are
> supposed to allow you to see through the bitmap/overlay to the form and
> controls below.
>
> I have tried using the MakeTransparent method and it makes the specified
> transparent color 'gray'. Actually it makes it
> System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control from the specified transparent color
> System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 255).
>
> I have tried setting the Color of the PictureBox to Transparent and that
> still does not help.
>
> So, is there any way to have an image overlaid over a form and have the
> transparent areas show the controls underneath the PictureBox (or Button
or
> Label1, etc.).
>
> Or am I going about this the wrong way altogether?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Konstantine
>
>

"Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@_spamkiller_bobpowell.net> wrote in message
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> Take a look at my tips and tricks page. It has an article on creating
> transparent controls.
>
> If you want to click through the transparent areas, look in the GDI+ FAQ
for
> an article on how to extract a region from a bitmap. You can make the
> control's region conform to the bitmap's non transparent bits and then
> clicks will pass through the holes.
>
> --
> Bob Powell [MVP]
> C#, System.Drawing
>
> September's edition of Well Formed is now available.
> http://www.bobpowell.net/currentissue.htm
>
> Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ
> http://www.bobpowell.net/gdiplus_faq.htm
>
>
>
> "Konstantine" <kcs@csiw-no-spam-please.com> wrote in message
> news:eaLFGIKjDHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have spent several hours trying to find an answer to this and I am
> having
> > no luck. I know this has been asked before but I can not find or come up
> > with an answer that works
> >
> > I have a VB.NET app and I want to 'overlay' a bitmap on it. The bitmap
has
> > several areas 'cutout' using the color 255,0,255. The cutout areas are
> > supposed to allow you to see through the bitmap/overlay to the form and
> > controls below.
> >
> > I have tried using the MakeTransparent method and it makes the specified
> > transparent color 'gray'. Actually it makes it
> > System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control from the specified transparent color
> > System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 255).
> >
> > I have tried setting the Color of the PictureBox to Transparent and that
> > still does not help.
> >
> > So, is there any way to have an image overlaid over a form and have the
> > transparent areas show the controls underneath the PictureBox (or Button
> or
> > Label1, etc.).
> >
> > Or am I going about this the wrong way altogether?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Konstantine
> >
> >
>
>