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.MakeTransparent(System.Drawing.Color.White)
Button1.BackgroundImage = g
Patrick Sullivan, AA-BA, BA-IT
"Tym" <no*****@Ictis.net> wrote in message
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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?
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Tym
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