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Transparent Forms that only show a Label's text

Hi everyone,
I have a question that I hope can be answered.

Is there a way to create a borderless form, that has no backcolor
(transparent) that has a label (with no backcolor) that is showing?

In other words, is there a way to have text on a screen with nothing behind
it?

Some people may have seen this type of thing in the Winamp plugin called
Toaster.

Thanks all,

Timothy.
Jan 25 '06 #1
1 1683
Found out how :)
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/...pTutorial3.asp
Gives good examples on the subject :)

"Timothy" <tr****@msn.com> wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
I have a question that I hope can be answered.

Is there a way to create a borderless form, that has no backcolor
(transparent) that has a label (with no backcolor) that is showing?

In other words, is there a way to have text on a screen with nothing
behind it?

Some people may have seen this type of thing in the Winamp plugin called
Toaster.

Thanks all,

Timothy.

Jan 25 '06 #2

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