Derrick wrote:

> Yep - the transparent Back color doesn't work with any controls that
> I have seen. Using that setting makes all controls have the
> 'control' color background in run time.

"Eric Eggermann >" <<none> wrote in message
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>
> "Derrick" <Derrick_no_spam@geostrategies.ca> wrote in message
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> > Is it possible to make the background color of controls (such as group
> > boxes, lables, text boxes and check boxes, tabpage ) to transparent?
> >
> > In case you need more information, I have added some code to the
> form_paint
> > method to paint the background with a gradiant. I need to get the
> controls
> > on the form to match the same look. The only alternative I could come
up
> > with was to create an image with the color gradiant, and setting that to
> the
> > background of the form and controls - which really seems to be a silly
> > approach.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Derrick
> >
> >
>
> Did you try setting the backcolor to transparent on the controls? That
> should do what you want. Click the controls backcolor in the property
> window. It's towards the top of the Web tab in the color editor that pops
> up.
>
> HTH
> Eric
>
>

"David Clegg" <dclegg@nospam.ebetonline.com> wrote in message
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> Derrick wrote:
>
> > Yep - the transparent Back color doesn't work with any controls that
> > I have seen. Using that setting makes all controls have the
> > 'control' color background in run time.
>
> Could you post your form_paint code? I had a similar problem due to a
> silly oversight on my part. Instead of using the Graphics object passed
> in the PaintEventArgs, I was creating my own. End result; controls
> didn't have transparent backgrounds.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> David Clegg
> dclegg_at_ebetonline_dot_com
>
> "Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and
> eskimos." - Homer Simpson

"Derrick" <Derrick_no_spam@geostrategies.ca> wrote in message
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> Here it is...
>
> Private Sub frmMain_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint
> Dim objBrush As New
> Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(Me.DisplayRectangle, Color.White,
> Color.CornflowerBlue, Drawing2D.LinearGradientMode.Vertical)
> Dim objGraphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
> objGraphics.FillRectangle(objBrush, Me.DisplayRectangle)
> objBrush.Dispose()
> objGraphics.Dispose()
> End Sub
>
> Thanks
>
> Derrick
>
> "David Clegg" <dclegg@nospam.ebetonline.com> wrote in message
> news:xn0df9azm7q3kl000@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > Derrick wrote:
> >
> > > Yep - the transparent Back color doesn't work with any controls that
> > > I have seen. Using that setting makes all controls have the
> > > 'control' color background in run time.
> >
> > Could you post your form_paint code? I had a similar problem due to a
> > silly oversight on my part. Instead of using the Graphics object passed
> > in the PaintEventArgs, I was creating my own. End result; controls
> > didn't have transparent backgrounds.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > David Clegg
> > dclegg_at_ebetonline_dot_com
> >
> > "Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and
> > eskimos." - Homer Simpson
>
>

"Derrick" <Derrick_no_spam@geostrategies.ca> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to make the background color of controls (such as group
> boxes, lables, text boxes and check boxes, tabpage ) to transparent?
>
> In case you need more information, I have added some code to the
form_paint
> method to paint the background with a gradiant. I need to get the
controls
> on the form to match the same look. The only alternative I could come up
> with was to create an image with the color gradiant, and setting that to
the
> background of the form and controls - which really seems to be a silly
> approach.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Derrick
>
>

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:

> Nice X-Face.