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Transparent control in .net (currently using picturebox)

Zone: Game Programming

Tags: transparent, picturebox, control

Hello!

I have transparent gif. I load my gif into my picturebox

pb.image = image

The picturebox will not be transparent, it will get the parent forms background color.
How can I make it be transparent?

I have tried alot of things, for example:

Dim bm As New Bitmap(pb.Image)
bm.MakeTransparent(pb.BackColor)
MyBase.Image = bm

I tried to rewrite the Paint-event in the picturebox and trying to paint my picturebox with the graphic-object and using ColorMatrix to get an alpha on the background but I only succeed changing the alpha for the whole picture.

I have also tried using a panel but nothing seems to work.
If you have an idea of a form control that can hold a picture and have transparent background and that will solve my problem I will give you the points!

Nothing I have tried works...

Any suggestions?

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Zone: Programming

Question Asked By: Brimba

Solution Provided By: Idle_Mind

Participating Experts: 2

Solution Grade: A

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