VS 2008 Transparency Key Does Not Work With MDI Form?
Nov 14, 2009I can't get the transparency key to work with the mdi child, I really need it to work as well, but I just can get it to work properly.
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VS 2008 ShockwaveFlash1 Transparency Doesn't Work
Jun 26, 2011I did a test using AxShockwaveFlash1, and while I set the WMode to Transparent, and tested the form, the transparency didn't work! How am I supposed to make it transparent?
View 1 RepliesVS 2008 Form Transparency?
Dec 19, 2009I am working on an application which has transparent forms. By using transparency, I am smoothing the edges of the forms. I have got a bitmap which I set as background image of the form. I use red as form's transparency key. Although transparency works fine when my computers display is set to 24 bit color, when I change the setting to 32 bits, transparency doesn't work. In this case, users who have 32 bit color dept setting on their systems will not be able to use my application. When I searched the web, I found some solutions such as using bitmap.maketransparent command, or using magenta color for transparency key or using 32 bit bmp files etc. However none of them worked for me. Some forums suggest that this is a bug and there is no way to solve this problem. But if so, why some applications such as Winamp can display transparent forms although my color dept is set to 32 bit! I am sure there is a solution. I am working on VB.NET 2008 and my OS is Windows Xp Service Pack 2. Please help me about this subject.
View 10 RepliesVS 2008 : Set The Transparency Key In MDI Parent Form?
Apr 10, 2009How can i set the transparency Key in MDI parent Form?
View 1 RepliesVS 2010 Transparency Doesn't Work
Jan 24, 2011I have a form, which has the background color set to the transparency key color. On the form there is a picturebox with transparent backcolor and a picture that is semi transparent.Unfortunately the transparency doesn�t work. The form shows with a background, but not the background color I chose, but the gray control color. Nothing is transparent.The EXACT same thing works with another form.
View 4 RepliesGet The Image Transparency Of The Character Sprite To Work
Jul 3, 2011I can't seem to find a way to get the Transparency of the character sprite to work. It always seems to take the background image of the form no matter how I tweak it.
View 15 RepliesVS 2008 Could Not Get Form To Work On Work Computer
Aug 21, 2009I have a form that works on my local Machine I created into. I have Office 2007 on this machine. I created the Form with the Excel 12 Reference. I move the Entire conetence of the Project folder to my work computer. Which has Office 2003. Do I need to recreate the form with the Excel 11 reference. I could not get the form to work on work computer. IT has a com error. I am acessing the EXE for the debug folder w/in the Bin Folder.
View 7 RepliesHave Transparency On A Form?
Feb 7, 2009Is it possible to have transparency on a form but not on a button on the form?I know transparency can be controlled for the form in properties (VB 2005), but how can we isolate the button from being affected?
View 2 RepliesVB Form And Picturebox Transparency?
Dec 29, 2011I want to try an simulate a fake lighting system in Visual Basic 2010 by using 2 images.One is Form1's background, and the other is Picturebox2's image. Picturebox2's image is a black background with a transparent circle in the middle.The only problem is, when transparent, it shows the background of the form, and looks right through the background image.How could I get around this so that the transparent part of the image is Form1's background image, and not the backcolor?
View 4 RepliesForm Transparency - Add A Control (like A Datagridview)
Jan 30, 2012I used some code i found that extends the aero glass border across the entire form... looks great... however when i add a control (like a datagridview) it doesnt look right at all because of the transparency of the form...
View 5 RepliesSet The Transparency Key To The Form Back Colour?
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i hav a transparent png. i need the form also to be transparent so what i did was set the transparency key to the form back colour see what happens (it is in the pic)
VB 2005 And Form Label Transparency?
Dec 17, 2005I have just converted my first VB6 application to a VB Express version. I have a fair sized library that I would like to convert but I am having a severe problem with a very simple little game program that I selected for a trial conversion. The problem is this. I do a lot of graphic / art work in my GUI and heavily use labels with transparent backgrounds. When I converted to VB Exp 2005 the labels are no longer transparent but rather carry the background color attribute of the Form. Is this how MS implemented transparency in VB 2005? If so the product is of no use to me whatsoever. I checked the Labels attributes and they are set to transparent. But they are not being displayed as such.
View 3 Replies.Net WinForms Form OnPaint() Transparency Refresh?
Aug 13, 2010I'm trying to write some toast-style popup notifications (similar to Growl) which should appear next to the system tray and stack as appropriate.I can handle the instantiation/location/etc... but I want to add a capability for non-rectangular toasts. I'd also like to have Alpha transparency so a semi-transparent background PNG on the toast form would blend with the desktop or windows behind it.
So... To get the obvious out of the way: Form.TransparencyKey is not sufficient for my needs as it's an all-or nothing transparency effect I want to get 50/50 foreground/background in some places, 0/100 in others, 100/0 in yet others etc.My initial approach is to override the OnBackgroundPaint() method, comment out the call to MyBase.OnBackgroundPaint and use the graphics object in the eventargs to draw exactly what I want to a form.This seems to work to start with - at the moment, I'm just drawing some rectangle for testing purposes so a PNG may present new difficulties but I haven't got there yet.
What I haven't been able to accomplish is updating the graphic - The first time the form is rendered, it shows perfectly as I'd expect (no border, just some rectangles floating on a desktop). If I move the windows behind the transparent window, the transparent window doesn't update/re-paintI believe that I need to be calling Me.Invalidate() to force a re-draw but am unsure when I should make the call - How do I know a window behind me has changed its' contents?
Edit: I tried putting a Me.Invalidate() inside a timer just to test how the redraw happens - it seems that it does trigger a re-draw but the re-draw opccurs OVER the existing form background - ie an area that was originally 50% opaque is now 75% opaque (50% + 50% of what was there before)So, after a couple of Invalidate()s, my form is showing as a black box - I need to clear the background of the form before re-drawing but Graphics.Clear(Color) seems to simply do a fill with the specified color - and obviously for the purposes of this question, Colors.Transparent doesn't really mean transparent - It seems to be a trick used when rendering the window to "show contents of control beneath this" which just doesn't work when we're dealing with the form itself?
Imports System.Drawing
Public Class TransparentForm
Private Timer As Timers.Timer
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Transparency/Opacity On Custom Shaped Form?
Sep 14, 2011I have a custom shaped form with a transparency key of black. With the opacity set to 100%, I do not see the garbage around my custom shaped form As soon as I change the opacity, I see a transparent square(my borderless form) around my form.
How do I make it where my form retains its custom shape, and can have an opacity of less than 100%?
If you want something you've never had, you need to do something you've never done.
VS 2008 Does Not Work When Form Loaded Again
Oct 26, 2009I have a very simple form with a combo box named txtRoomType bound to ROOMCODESBINDINGSOURCE and a DGV bound using ROOMPRICINGBINDINGSOURCE.
Public Class frmShowRoomPricing
Private Sub frmShowRoomPricing_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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When I check the value of txtRoomCode when the form is loaded for a 2nd time it tells me it is blank, but there is a value in it. I think the fault is in the form_load, but I do not know why.
Transparent Splash Screen - Adding The Form Color To The Transparency?
Feb 15, 2010I've tried adding a splash screen ]...to one of my applications and after exploring a while I somehow managed to get it working what bugs me now is that my splash screen is in fact a image inside a picture box and the form always shows the control color behind so what I tried is adding the form color to the transparency key this worked, somehow now, I use a png image that has some transparent effect also what I've noticed is that where I would want to show the transparent effect from the image the transparent color that is set in the forum shows below is the image to get my point of view:
I'm wondering if I can remove that "pink" color (set by me in the forum) from the image .I want to get a effect like the one Adobe products have for example
VS 2008 - Radio Buttons Work Twice On The Same Form?
Oct 26, 2010I am currently working on an UI form using Visual Studio 2008 - Visual Basic .Net what i find weird is that when i tried to execute my form using the button click function, it doesnt execute until i restart the form.
Here's the situation is like:i have an openfiledialogue [Open button click] to search for a file.After DialogResult.OK is executed, the textfile chosen will then copied to another working directory. The file name will appear onto a textbox1 There will be more than 1 textfile chosen.After all the relevant files are chosen with the file names on textbox1, an OK button click will be clicked to write the file name into a *.bat file.BUT before the OK button is clicked, the user have to select from the radio button which category they want the file name to save into. EG: Country, Cities, Period.Once the radio button is selected and the OK button is clicked, a .bat file will be saved into the working directory.The next move will be the crucial button which is what this UI is created for. A data CRUNCH button is created to execute the .BAT file which was generated earlier on with the [OK buttonclick].The command used
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VS 2008 Form.SendToBack Doesn't Work?
Oct 31, 2011This is an mock up only ... but the principal applies to a larger project i am working on...
Basically if you do this:
vb
Dim tstform1 As New Form
Dim tstform2 As New Form
tstform1.Text = "1"
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Make A User Control That Draws A Line And Adds Transparency Over A Form
Nov 12, 2010I am an intern at a company doing Drawing Tools for their program. My supervisor is currently having me just make a user control that draws a line and adds transparency over a form. (I started this internship very early, so my knowledge is very limited compared to what it should be for a standard intern)
This is what I have so far:
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
If MyBG Is Nothing Then
MyBG = New Bitmap(Me.Width, Me.Height)
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VS 2008 - Getting An If Statement To Work - When Detects A Form Is Not Open
Jun 15, 2012I'm currently having some trouble getting an If statement to work. I want the statement to do its thing when it detects a form is not open. this might sound a bit confusing this is what i mean:
If Form2.open = false Then
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
blah blah blah
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Basically i dont know if im able to have an IF statement occur for when a form is not open and i dont know how to word it.
VS 2008 Making A Picture Box Have A Transparency?
Oct 26, 2009Is there a way of making a Picture Box have a transparency so that any objects (e.g buttons) that are layered underneath the picture box will be shown through?
Or if there is any other way of getting the mouse coordinates only on the form. So when the mouse cursor is placed at 20,20 on the form it will give back the coordinates 20,20 no matter where the form is placed on the screen
VS 2008 Real Transparency With Textbox?
Feb 27, 2012I'm trying to make a textbox either fully or partially transparent, so you are typing over whatever is behind the textbox. I need it to actually be transparent and not just have the illusion of transparency, because I'm going to put a control behind the text box so the user can enter text over the other control to line up the characters. I have found dozens of threads and pages about doing this and they are all drastically different and none of them seem to work at all
View 2 Replies[2008] Make Transparency Of PNGs?
Mar 2, 2010I have one question. I have two PictureBoxes, one PictureBox is under other.When i'm loading PNGs with transparency, they not transparent
View 6 Replies[2008] When Loading PNGs With Transparency, They Not Transparent
Feb 20, 2009I have one question. I have two PictureBoxes, one PictureBox is under other. When i'm loading PNGs with transparency, they not transparent! How can i fix that with code?
View 2 RepliesConvert The Following Code To Work In A Visual Studio 2008 Windows Form Application?
Feb 15, 2009I need to convert the following code to work in a visual studio 2008 windows form application, the moment ObjectQuery, ManagementObjectSearcher, ManagementObject and ManagementObjectCollection are not valid.
im objectQuery As New ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter WHERE NetConnectionId IS NOT NULL")
Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher(Scope, objectQuery)
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VS 2008 Color Outline On Text When Using Transparency? (56k Warning)
Jun 10, 2009I used my forms TransparencyKey property to make the form background invisible, but to keep the controls 100% visible. But, when I add a label onto the form, a border or outline shows up around the text (doesn't matter which color I do it with). My friend says that this isn't fixable and he said that it doesn't happen in VB6. I'm tempted to remake the project in VB6, but Windows 7 is being released soon and compatibility is a must.
What about C#? Does the issue occur as well? If not I'll just go with that.
VS 2008 - Image Transparency - Loading A Bunch Of Pictures On Top Of One Image
Oct 14, 2009Ive been programming in VB6 for years, i figured its time for an upgrade. Here's what im doing, and what the problem is:
Im loading a bunch of pictures on top of one image. They are all PNG files, and some of the images have transparent edges, and some semi-transparency within the image itself.
So basically, i need to be able to load these images on top of the other images, and still maintain the transparency.
Is this possible in VB08? This is one of the main reasons i moved to 08 from vb6, more things possible including multithreading.
Form.Left And Form.Top To A Different Screen Don't Work?
Aug 24, 2009I've run into a little problem recently. My computer has two screens sitting side-by-side.
Here are the dimensions for my first screen: {X = 0 Y = 0 Width = 1280 Height = 1024}
Here are the dimensions for my second screen: {X = 1280 Y = 0 Width = 1280 Height = 1024}
My form saves its position on exit into the Registry. Whenever I start my application, I set its opacity to 0 in the constructor and it goes to my first screen. While its opacity is at 0, I then move it to its previous location (1280, 0) like this:
thisForm.Left = X
thisForm.Top = Y
Where X = 1028 and Y = 0.
I place a breakpoint directly in front of those assignments and when I hover over thisForm.Left, it = -4. Whenever I hover over thisForm.Top, it = -4.
Sure enough, when my form comes up, it's in my first screen.
For those interested, I've now worked around it, by doing some additional testing. What caused it: My Window State was Maximized. Solution: If before I set these positions, I change my Window State to Normal, the form moves. I can then maximize it while it's on the second screen and it remains there. why I can't move my form while it's maximized? It's more for curiosity than to find a solution, since the work-around is actually working quite well.
Cannot Get Gradient Form To Work
Jun 18, 2009I have this code for a gradient form(EXAMPLE 1). It works fine on its own.I tried putting it into an existing project of mine and I cannot get it to work. The project is quite large so I am no sure what the issue is. Is it due to the fact that I have an InitializeComponent() line in the my Sub New in Example 2? Note I have alot of code
EXAMPLE 1:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Me.Paint
'Creating a new Rectangle as similar width and height of the base form
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Cannot Get Gradient Form To Work?
Oct 29, 2009I have this code for a gradient form(EXAMPLE 1). It works fine on its own. I tried putting it into an existing project of mine and I cannot get it to work. The project is quite large so I am no sure what the issue is. Is it due to the fact that I have anInitializeComponent() line in the my Sub New in Example 2? Note I have alot of code
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