Hi
Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
Thanks in adavance
Geoff
40  2007 
Whoops, sorry, here's the link to Microsoft: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.dial.pipe x.com... Hi
Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
Thanks in adavance
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
You may want to use regions instead:
Region from Bitmap
<URL:http://www.bobpowell.n et/region_from_bit map.htm>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Hi, I also got this problem before, this following VB code may help:)
Public Sub SetBackgroundBi tmap(ByVal image As Image, ByVal
transparencyCol or As Color)
Me.backgroundIm age = New Bitmap(image)
Width = Me.backgroundIm age .Width
Height = Me.backgroundIm age .Height
Region = BitmapToRegion( Me.backgroundIm age, transparencyCol or)
End Sub
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at>
??????:%2****** **********@tk2m sftngp13.phx.gb l... "Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
You may want to use regions instead:
Region from Bitmap
<URL:http://www.bobpowell.n et/region_from_bit map.htm>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Geoff,
I never understood this questions.
Is it something that you want to resize the picturebox to the size of the
image when that is smaller than the picturebox?
Or something I did in this as my sample in this message? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...7cab2e04089f27
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> > Whoops, sorry, here's the link to
Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.dial.pipe x.com... Hi
Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
Thanks in adavance
Geoff
Hi Cor
If you follow the instructions in the link I gave earlier, I'd be interested
to see if you have the same problem.
Geoff
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. .. Geoff,
I never understood this questions.
Is it something that you want to resize the picturebox to the size of the
image when that is smaller than the picturebox?
Or something I did in this as my sample in this message?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...7cab2e04089f27
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> > Whoops, sorry, here's the link to
Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.dial.pipe x.com... Hi
Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as the
background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
Thanks in adavance
Geoff
Geoff,
I once had the same thing and the problem wasn't in my code but in the
colordepth of my screen (right click desktop/properties/settings) , if I
set it to truecolors(24 bits) the transparencyKey didn't work, if I set it
to heigh colors (16 bit) it does work, maybe this helps you
greetz Peter
"zhang" <kz*****@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:OA******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl... Hi, I also got this problem before, this following VB code may help:)
Public Sub SetBackgroundBi tmap(ByVal image As Image, ByVal
transparencyCol or As Color)
Me.backgroundIm age = New Bitmap(image)
Width = Me.backgroundIm age .Width
Height = Me.backgroundIm age .Height
Region = BitmapToRegion( Me.backgroundIm age, transparencyCol or)
End Sub
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at>
??????:%2****** **********@tk2m sftngp13.phx.gb l... "Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> schrieb: I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as
the background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
You may want to use regions instead:
Region from Bitmap
<URL:http://www.bobpowell.n et/region_from_bit map.htm>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Geoff,
Did you see the message from Peter Proost
Otherwise it works for me.
(Therefore I find this useless this way)
I hope this helps anyway
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> Hi Cor
If you follow the instructions in the link I gave earlier, I'd be
interested to see if you have the same problem.
Geoff
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. .. Geoff,
I never understood this questions.
Is it something that you want to resize the picturebox to the size of the
image when that is smaller than the picturebox?
Or something I did in this as my sample in this message?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...7cab2e04089f27
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> > Whoops, sorry, here's the link to
Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.dial.pipe x.com...
Hi
Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
(1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
(2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
(3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
(4) Create a windows application.
(5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
(6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as
the background color of the bitmap.
(7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
(8) Run the application.
I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
background! D'OH!!!
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
Thanks in adavance
Geoff
Hi Cor
With your, and others help (ta Peter), it now works :)
I had to change the display to 16 bit and also re-paint the background of
the image I was using with "White" i.e. I'm not sure it was "true white" in
the initial bitmap.
Great, it now works. HOWEVER, this restriction that it has to be less than
24 bit seems to be less than ideal. I don't know what depth the application
will be on the client machines! Surely there must be an easier way to do
this??? Am I right in assuming that even zhang's idea will not work on a 24
bit for the same reasons?
Geoff
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:Oa******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Geoff,
Did you see the message from Peter Proost
Otherwise it works for me.
(Therefore I find this useless this way)
I hope this helps anyway
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com>
Hi Cor
If you follow the instructions in the link I gave earlier, I'd be
interested to see if you have the same problem.
Geoff
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. .. Geoff,
I never understood this questions.
Is it something that you want to resize the picturebox to the size of
the image when that is smaller than the picturebox?
Or something I did in this as my sample in this message?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...7cab2e04089f27
Cor
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> > Whoops, sorry, here's the link to
Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ndowsforms.asp
Geoff
"Geoff Jones" <no********@ema il.com> wrote in message
news:41******** *************** @news.dial.pipe x.com...
> Hi
>
> Can anybody help me with the following? It is driving me crazy!!!
>
> I'm trying to produce a non-rectangular form as follows:
>
> (1) Produce a bitmap e.g. gif, using paint shop pro 5.
> (2) The Background color of the bitmap is set to white.
> (3) Draw a design on the bitmap in a color other than white.
> (4) Create a windows application.
> (5) Set the forms background image to be the bitmap created earlier.
> (6) Set the transparencyKey of the form to be white i.e. the same as
> the background color of the bitmap.
> (7) Set the FormBorderStyle to None
> (8) Run the application.
>
> I expected just the non-white images but instead I still see the white
> background! D'OH!!!
>
> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Here's a link to Microsoft describing the same thing.
>
> Thanks in adavance
>
> Geoff
>
Geoff,
Did you try my sample?
Cor
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