I have a form with a PictureBox control on it. The .Image property is
set to a PNG file(which shows the picture of the US map) with some
transparency in it. The .BackColor property is set to Transparent.
This so far, works perfect.
I now, would like to put another PNG image(an arrow showing
positioning on the map) over the last PictureBox. The problem i'm
having, the background for this second PictureBox only stays
transparent when it is over the form. As soon as I move this second
PictureBox over the first PictureBox, the background turns white.
Am I missing a setting for the second PictureBox or implementing this
wrong?
Thanks.
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:56:31 -0800, kirk <ki****@gmail.c omwrote:
I have a form with a PictureBox control on it. The .Image property is
set to a PNG file(which shows the picture of the US map) with some
transparency in it. The .BackColor property is set to Transparent.
This so far, works perfect.
I now, would like to put another PNG image(an arrow showing
positioning on the map) over the last PictureBox. The problem i'm
having, the background for this second PictureBox only stays
transparent when it is over the form. As soon as I move this second
PictureBox over the first PictureBox, the background turns white.
Am I missing a setting for the second PictureBox or implementing this
wrong?
I don't know why the background color _changes_. But you're not going to
get the PictureBox to really be transparent. In .NET forms applications,
"transparen t" actually just means "use my parent's background color".
You can search this newsgroup for words like "transparen t control" and see
previous threads discussing the issue. The short answer is that if you
want to transparently layer two PNG images on top of each other, the
simplest way to do that is to composite them outside the control.
If I recall correctly, I was able to come up with a hack that faked
transparency in a .NET forms control, but I was never really happy with
the technique. It involved copying the underlying control contents into a
bitmap and using that as the background for the control that's supposed to
be transparent. I can't say I'd suggest it except where there are really
no other alternatives. It's got a lot of overhead, and is very fragile
(easy to get it wrong and/or get rendering artifacts).
Pete
On Jan 28, 9:13*pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:56:31 -0800, kirk <kir...@gmail.c omwrote:
I have a form with a PictureBox control on it. *The .Image property is
set to a PNG file(which shows the picture of the US map) with some
transparency in it. *The .BackColor property is set to Transparent.
This so far, works perfect.
I now, would like to put another PNG image(an arrow showing
positioning on the map) over the last PictureBox. *The problem i'm
having, the background for this second PictureBox only stays
transparent when it is over the form. *As soon as I move this second
PictureBox over the first PictureBox, the background turns white.
Am I missing a setting for the second PictureBox or implementing this
wrong?
I don't know why the background color _changes_. *But you're not going to *
get the PictureBox to really be transparent. *In .NET forms applications, *
"transparen t" actually just means "use my parent's background color".
You can search this newsgroup for words like "transparen t control" and see*
previous threads discussing the issue. *The short answer is that if you *
want to transparently layer two PNG images on top of each other, the *
simplest way to do that is to composite them outside the control.
If I recall correctly, I was able to come up with a hack that faked *
transparency in a .NET forms control, but I was never really happy with *
the technique. *It involved copying the underlying control contents intoa *
bitmap and using that as the background for the control that's supposed to*
be transparent. *I can't say I'd suggest it except where there are really *
no other alternatives. *It's got a lot of overhead, and is very fragile *
(easy to get it wrong and/or get rendering artifacts).
Pete
Thanks for the info Pete.
I attempted deriving from PictureBox and overriding various members,
setting the ExStyle, etc. Seems ok, the overlay image i'm using is an
animated GIF, so i'm getting flicker however. I notice setting
ExStyle to transparent does this quite often. So one option down the
drain.
Another thing i'm experimenting with which I almost having working.
If I set the .BackgroundImag e to the US Map, and the .Image to the
animated GIF that is a marker of where I want to indicate selections
on the map, this works. The only thing I can't figure out is how to
move .Image to new X,Y coordinates within the the PictureBox. I
know .SizeMode moves it around to limited spots, so I know there may
be a good possibility if there is something not published or in
Reflection? Any ideas?
Thanks.
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:15:31 -0800, kirk <ki****@gmail.c omwrote:
// one way
Graphics g = PictureBox1.Cre ateGraphics();
g.DrawImage(myI mage, 0, 0); // 0, 0 are the x,y coordinates within the
PictureBox control
PictureBox1.Upd ate();
Don't do this. You should only draw from within an OnPaint() method or a
Paint event handler.
// another way, using PaintEventArgs from an event on PictureBox
PaintEventArgs. Graphics.DrawIm age(myImage, 0, 0);
This way is fine, but it begs the question as to the point of using the
PictureBox control. If you're going to do the drawing yourself, why
bother?
Both of these work, dynamic image positioning over the background map
is perfect. And the GIF is transparent as it should be. The new
problem. Neither option, animates the GIF. I'm wondering, what is so
special about PictureBox.Imag e that makes it animate? And is there
anything at my disposal that I can stub in, in place of or to
supplement the .DrawImage calls to get the image animating?
Not that I know of. For sure, if you are managing your own drawing, by
calling DrawImage yourself (in a Paint event handler, for example), then
it will be up to you to correctly deal with the GIF, getting the animation
interval from the image data and then updating the image at appropriate
intervals, using the different frames withing the GIF in sequence.
It's possible that WPF could be helpful here. Unfortuantely, as I have to
point out any time I mention WPF, I have no first-hand experience with it,
so can't offer anything specific. But the fact that WPF has more of a
"retained" data model (i.e. you specific the objects, it handles all the
drawing behavior for you) suggests that it might provide a more automatic
way to implement this.
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