How can I make a Label transparent

[Barzimeron]

I am using C# 2005 and want to have a transparent label. Can any one help me?

 

Thanks!

[snarfblam]

I recommend you start by looking at MSDN and searching Google with this kind of question. You get a kind of instant gratification.

 

If you look at the Properties window when a label is selected, you will notice that one of the colors that you can set (under the "Web" tab, I think) is Transparent. It is important to understand the behavior of transparent controls in .Net, though. Because of the way that transparent controls are drawn the only thing that will show through a transparent control is that control's parent container (either the gray/tan blank surface, the container's background image, or whatever is normally drawn in the parent container). This may or may not become a problem for you. If the control overlaps another control, the control will appear to "cut a hole" in the other control where they overlap. For instance, if a transparent label overlaps a button, in the area where they overlap, instead of seeing the button under the label, the underlying form will show through the overlapping area.

[mskeel]

I believe transparency is also only supported in XP, in case you are deploying to other machines (not supported in windows 2000). Just so you are aware...

[snarfblam]

Transparent labels should work. They render themselves via GDI+, which works on all platforms. Things like semi-transparent forms, on the other hand, depend on the Windows 2000/Xp layered windows feature and only work on Xp/2000.