Re: translucent panel...

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hi Bob-

when i try doing exactly as suggested below in my form's Load( ) event, it
indeed sets the background of the panel to blue, but its not translucent at
all. am i doing something wrong?

and are you saying that there is no way (yours or Luke's) to accomplish what
i need to do?

thanks and please advise,
ben



"Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try setting your form BackColor to a value created by Color.FromARGB such
as:

panel1.BackColor=Color.FromArgb(128,Color.Blue);

Unfortunately, neither my solution nor Lukes addresses the opacity of
child controls.

The Opacity system is really only available to toplevel windows because it
uses the LayeredWindow API under the covers.

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"Ben Callister" <bcallister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i need to be able to adjust the opacity of a Windows Forms 'Panel'
control. currently, this is available on Forms, but not on Panel controls.
can someone please show me a trick to make this happen with panels or any
other control that i can use without having to display another
Window/Form?

much appreciated,
ben







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