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This link should be helpful<br />
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<a href="http://forums.asp.net/p/194343/333892.aspx#333892" rel="ugc">http://forums.asp.net/p/194343/333892.aspx#333892</a><br />
<a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1119467&SiteID=1" rel="ugc nofollow">http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1119467&SiteID=1</a>
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This link should be helpful

http://forums.asp.net/p/194343/333892.aspx#333892 [http://forums.asp.net/p/194343/333892.aspx#333892]
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1119467&SiteID=1 [http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1119467&SiteID=1]

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shasunder: I have seen both of those, but they don't answer my needs. &nbsp;I need an image to sit behind the cells themselves. &nbsp;And not just individual cells, but rather across all of them. &nbsp;One image that covers all visible cells.
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shasunder: I have seen both of those, but they don't answer my needs.  I need an image to sit behind the cells themselves.  And not just individual cells, but rather across all of them.  One image that covers all visible cells.

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Forced accept.<br />
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I tried customizing the backgroundimage property, but it doesn't overlay the image onto the cells themselves. &nbsp;<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; protected override void PaintBackground(Graphics graphics, Rectangle clipBounds, Rectangle gridBounds)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; graphics.FillRectangle(new<wbr /> System.Drawing.Drawing2D.L<wbr />inearGradi<wbr />entBrush(g<wbr />ridBounds,<wbr /> this.BackgroundColor, this.BackgroundColor2, gradientMode), gridBounds);<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if (backgroundImage != null)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; { graphics.DrawImageUnscaled<wbr />(backgroun<wbr />dImage, gridBounds); }<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }<br />
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I tried customizing the backgroundimage property, but it doesn't overlay the image onto the cells themselves.  


        protected override void PaintBackground(Graphics graphics, Rectangle clipBounds, Rectangle gridBounds)
        {
            graphics.FillRectangle(new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(gridBounds, this.BackgroundColor, this.BackgroundColor2, gradientMode), gridBounds);

            if (backgroundImage != null)
            { graphics.DrawImageUnscaled(backgroundImage, gridBounds); }
        }




How can I add a watermark behind the cells of a datagridview?

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