Transparent - READ ME!!

[wossname]

Transparent Label is here...

NOTE: I have not spent any time fine tuning it or making it foolproof at all.

I'm posting it in the codebank...http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...23#post1956523

[wossname]

Bump

[maged]

thx wossname, that will help many of the forum members.

tons of people have been looking for a control like this

good work

[MrPolite]

hehe cool
the TEXT property doesnt show up in the property window in design time though. I tried applying Browsable() to it but it didnt do anything

[RobDog888]

Wossy, did you read my post in codebank on this?

I am adding to your control as I type. This could be like open source since you were so kind to post it for us.
I will post my changes today hopefully. I am giving it design time capabilities among a couple of other things.

[RobDog888]

This is sooo cool! A few more bug fixes and I will post an update in CodeBank to wossy's thread!
Guess I have leanred allot while trying to develop my user control.



Sneak peak....

[epixelman]

RobDogg...

Does your version have jaggie text??

[RobDog888]

[RobDog888]

Ok, I added AntiAlias SmoothingMode for the text. Its much better now, no jaggie text.

I want to add autosize code to the label so it adjusts down to the text, but not finished yet.


Anyone have any requests before I post?

[wossname]

Ok, I added AntiAlias SmoothingMode for the text. Its much better now, no jaggie text.

I want to add autosize code to the label so it adjusts down to the text, but not finished yet.


Anyone have any requests before I post?

What background does it antialias with? It can't be the form underneath because the "silhouetted" control region prevents it. Do you get a jaggy grey halo aroudn the text? Screenshot would be cool, or just post the code.

[RobDog888]

I was just comparing the differences and I was wrong. I can admit it
The AntiAliasing is not supported by text drawn using the graphicspath object.

I dont have enough time to get into the autosize code so I am just adding the comments to the code that I added/removed.
I suppose I should I post the attachment in CodeBank in your thread wossy?

[RobDog888]

I posted the updated/modified project to wossname's CodeBank thread.

How does it look?

[RobDog888]

Anyone have any ideas on how to apply AntiAliasing (prevents jaggie text ) to the graphicspath text? Its unsupported
so I think we need another way to achieve transparency?

[wossname]

Anyone have any ideas on how to apply AntiAliasing (prevents jaggie text ) to the graphicspath text? Its unsupported
so I think we need another way to achieve transparency?

The thing about this implementation is, its like cutting the text out of a piece of paper, using the curves of the letters as your guide. But you can only get as near as 1 pixel either side of the text. Without taking into consideration what is directly beneath the label, there is no way to antialias it.

Its probably quicker to use the backcolor to color the text then you wouldnt need to draw the text itself.

I'll look into it later.