Opaque controls? - C# / C Sharp

Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

Thanks.

Jeff.

Jan 3 '06 #1

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP]

UJ <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote:

Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

Do you mean (semi)transparent rather than opaque?

I don't believe there's any way of doing so currently. WPF (Avalon)
will have a lot of transparency control, although I doubt it extends to
non-Avalon controls.

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Jan 3 '06 #2

Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)

Hi,
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

What you mean with opaque controls?
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

Jan 3 '06 #3

I guess I do mean transparent. I want to be able to have something on the
screen but be able to see through it. Things like a web browser control or a
label.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote
in message news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

Hi,
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

What you mean with opaque controls?
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

Jan 3 '06 #4

Yosh

You can set a forms transparency using the Opacity property?

Do this help?

Yosh
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

I guess I do mean transparent. I want to be able to have something on the
screen but be able to see through it. Things like a web browser control or
a label.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us>
wrote in message news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi,
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

What you mean with opaque controls?
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

Jan 4 '06 #5

Is that for everything on a form or just specific items. I need to be able
to do specific items.

Jeff.

"Yosh" <yo***@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e4*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

You can set a forms transparency using the Opacity property?

Do this help?

Yosh
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
I guess I do mean transparent. I want to be able to have something on the
screen but be able to see through it. Things like a web browser control or
a label.

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us>
wrote in message news:uk**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi,
"UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u0**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
Is there any way to make controls opaque? I need to make text and a web
browser opaque.

I'm using .Net 1.1 but if 2.0 will do it I'll move to 2.0.

What you mean with opaque controls?
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

Jan 4 '06 #6

Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]

UJ" <fr**@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:eH*************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Is that for everything on a form or just specific items. I need to be able
to do specific items.

Jeff.

"Yosh" <yo***@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e4*************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
You can set a forms transparency using the Opacity property?

Do this help?

Yosh

I'm afriad Winforms doesn't support semi-transparancy of controls only of
top level windows. As Jon pointed out, to get this sort of behavior you will
have to wait for WPF (formally known as Avalon) as this graphics engine (not
GDI based) has full support for transparency

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk

Jan 5 '06 #7

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