[2005] label transparencies (I have done my research...)

[squrrilslayer]

ok. I did my homework on this, and i cant believe its so difficult to do such a small thing.
So i need a label to have a transparent background over a picture.
however, setting the background to transparent and setting the parent to the picture box just wields weird results...

ill let the pictures explain. (the blue background screeny is the build)

what is going on...?!

[stanav]

Have you tried using GDI+ to draw text directly on the background image?

[dbasnett]

Apparently it is not simple. My understanding is just to paint the text of the label onto your picture.

as I am writing stanav beats me to it

[squrrilslayer]

sorry for the late reply, when i posted this i was getting no replys so i went to bed.
I saw alot of this drawing in/with GDI, just i never understood how to do so.
directions?

[Atheist]

sorry for the late reply, when i posted this i was getting no replys so i went to bed.
I saw alot of this drawing in/with GDI, just i never understood how to do so.
directions?

In the PictureBox paint eventhandler:

e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello", Me.Font, Brushes.Black, 10, 10)

[circuits2]

Just to elaborate on Atheist's post, the PictureBox is not intended to be a container, that is, it is not meant to be the parent of other controls. Therefore, as Atheist suggested, you either need to draw the text on the image during PictureBox's paint event, or you could use a panel instead of a PictureBox (Use the Panel's BackgroundImage property).

[squrrilslayer]

ok thanks. will try this out.

[squrrilslayer]

im having a bit of difficulty with this. I have this right:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim I As Integer
        For I = 0 To 5
            Spell(I) = False
            Spell2(I) = False
        Next
        P1DmgMulti = 1
        P2DmgMulti = 1
        P1Speed = 3
        P2Speed = 3
        P1NoSpell = 0
        P2NoSpell = 0
        P1Score = 0
        P2Score = 0
        SpellBoxNumbers()   <-- there is a blue squiggly line under this
 
 
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub SpellBoxNumbers(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint
        e.Graphics.DrawString("1", Me.Font, Brushes.Black, 17, 70)
 
    End Sub

something is not right.

[Atheist]

...

...Handles Me.Paint

Are you sure its the forms paint event you should handle?

[squrrilslayer]

Are you sure its the forms paint event you should handle?

im not to sure... this is something i have never done before. All i need is numbers to display ontop of pictureboxes... without having ugly backgrounds.

[Atheist]

im not to sure... this is something i have never done before. All i need is numbers to display ontop of pictureboxes... without having ugly backgrounds.

Alright then, have a look at my last post

In the PictureBox paint eventhandler:

e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello", Me.Font, Brushes.Black, 10, 10)

[squrrilslayer]

e.Graphics.DrawString("Hello", Me.Font, Brushes.Black, 10, 10)

thats all good however how do i use it?
putting it in form load does not work, and having in painteventargs, i cant seem to use it.

whoa, another thing:
me.font is not what i want. I need the writing small.

[squrrilslayer]

can someone just write out a quick couple lines of code which writes something onto the form on form_load?
i keep getting null reference errors.
my lack of progress on such a seemingly simple thing is annoying me.

thanks~