[RESOLVED] Always on Top

[ajames]

I couldn't think of what I'd need to search for to find this, "always on top" always seems to have had more to do with the window than what I want:

I am making a weather-station creation program which gives you a standard weather station reading (like a circle with a line coming out of it).

However, the picture of the circle in the middle (which indicates cloud cover based on different fillings) has a box around it, which seems to swallow up anything else within it. To illustrate my point:

Here, the X is fine:
______
      | X
      |
      |

But if it's here, the white part of the picturebox makes the X go underneath it:
______
     X| 
      |
      |

What I'd like to know is this: Is there any way to make a control always be over an image, rather than under it? When I use the "Send to back" button on the image, the control which overlaps the picture always goes underneath it, rather than logically staying on top.

How would I keep the control on top of the picture rather than under it?

[Capp]

I think if you change the .ZOrder of the controls, it will set it up properly

Picturebox1.ZOrder = 1
Label1.ZOrder = 0 (or whatever control you are using for your "X")

"0" Being the top most control
"1" Being the second control, etc..


Pardon me if I am incorrect, but I think I had to do this same thing in a project once.

[Static]

Control.ZOrder 0

so.. for a command button
Command1.ZOrder 0

[bushmobile]

Windowed controls (CommandButton, TextBox, PictureBox, ListBox, etc) will always be higher in the ZOrder than lightweight controls (Label, Shape, Line, etc) - that could be causing your problem (since you haven't stated what controls you're using)

[Static]

good point... didnt think about lowly labels....
if you need a label try a locked texbox with no border etc.. or put the label in another picbox

[ajames]

Windowed controls (CommandButton, TextBox, PictureBox, ListBox, etc) will always be higher in the ZOrder than lightweight controls (Label, Shape, Line, etc) - that could be causing your problem (since you haven't stated what controls you're using)

I'm using pictureboxes and lines. Can the zOrder do anything to aid with this?

[Static]

did you try it? it has a ZOrder setting.... see what happens when you try it

[Al42]

Lines are windowless, so you'll have to put them in a picturebox (or put each one in a separate picturebox, depending on what you're doing with them).

[Static]

i wanted him to try it before posting to ask if it will work....

[ajames]

My code:

lluncyfeiriad(1).ZOrder 0
llunoctau(1).ZOrder 1

llunoctau still appears above lluncyfeiriad, which is why I asked whether it did anything (I should have actually said, sorry )

[ajames]

Anyone?

[Capp]

The line you are trying to move in and out of the picturebox....What you could do is cut and paste that same line directly into the Picturebox control. That will keep it within the borders and on top. Then, just move it outside of the visible parameters to make it "disappear"

[ajames]

That makes sense actually - (I'm not near vb6 at the moment) - I'm presuming you have to refer to the line as "picture1.line(0)"?

EDIT: Just tried it, it works