Label Transparancy - Visual Basic .NET

Tym

How on earth does one set the background property of a label to
transparant, a la VB6?

I have a label which overlays a picturebox, and I don't want the
horrible grey background - I just want the text over the picturebox.
The text dynamically moves around too.

Effectivly, its a "You are Here" sort of thing, so I'm putting a red
"X" in a label and moving it around.

Is there a control that I can use which has a transparency?
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Patrick Sullivan

from VS 2003 docs:

-- MaskColor Changes in Visual Basic .
In Visual Basic 6.0, the MaskColor property of a CheckBox, CommandButton, or
OptionButton control was used to define a color that would become
transparent, allowing a background image to show through. In order to use
this property, the Style property had to be set to Graphical, the
UseMaskColor property had to be set to true, and a bitmap had to be assigned
to the Picture property.

In Visual Basic .NET, there is no direct equivalent for the MaskColor
property. You can, however, set transparency on a control using code similar
to the following:

' Assumes a picture has been assigned to the BackgroundImage property.

Dim g As New System.Drawing. Bitmap(Button1. BackGroundImage )
g.MakeTranspare nt(System.Drawi ng.Color.White)
Button1.Backgro undImage = g
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How on earth does one set the background property of a label to
transparant, a la VB6?

I have a label which overlays a picturebox, and I don't want the
horrible grey background - I just want the text over the picturebox.
The text dynamically moves around too.

Effectivly, its a "You are Here" sort of thing, so I'm putting a red
"X" in a label and moving it around.

Is there a control that I can use which has a transparency?
---
Tym

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Nov 21 '05 #2

Tym

It is rumoured that on Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:25:15 -0500, "Patrick
Sullivan" <ps****@eatel.n et> spake word of wisdom thus:

' Assumes a picture has been assigned to the BackgroundImage property.

Dim g As New System.Drawing. Bitmap(Button1. BackGroundImage )
g.MakeTranspar ent(System.Draw ing.Color.White )
Button1.Backgr oundImage = g
Patrick Sullivan, AA-BA, BA-IT

Thanks for that - though I'm afraid I feel I have missed out some
important information...

I am writing for PocketPC2002 - and so the cotrols are not "as normal"

I cannot set a bacground image to a button, and fell I am stuck with
the grey background to my label... ~sigh~

Sorry for missing this important piece of info out of the original
question
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