[RESOLVED] transparent label

[HyperUniverse]

I have a picturebox with a picture in it.
I have put a label over them and set its background color to transparent, and the font is red.

when I run the program I see that the label is not transparent, but white.

I would have expected to see only the font on the label, and the picture behind.


What am I doing wrong?

Or how can I do it right?

Thanks.

[IanRyder]

Hi,

There is a bit of trick to this since setting the Color of the Label to Transparent does work but the Label's current Parent container is the Form so the Label is currently getting its own BackColor / Transparency from there and not the Picture which the label is on top of.

So, to get round this, add a Panel and set its Background Image to your Picture. Now, position the Label over the Picture where you want it (The Label's Parent is now the Panel which has the Picture on it and not the Blank Form). Finally run the code with the Label's Background Color set to Transparent. That's it.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Ian

NB, This is for VS2010 so I am making the assumption that this should be the same for VS2008.