Transparent forms in VB

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In VB6, is it possible to make the form transparent and just have the controls solid? My googling efforts came up with only ways to make the whole project transparent. I need the background of the form to disappear, but the controls on it to remain visible (unless of course they're supposed to be invisible). Basically I want the whole thing to look like a widget instead of a window. I have all the controls pasted onto several rounded rectangle shapes, but I want to make the background form invisible.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 13-Dec-11 18:52pm

Kevnar

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Dec-11 1:00am

VB6? Seriously? It's up to you, but I would advise -- forget it.
--SA

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Solution 2

use opacity property in the form properties it will done. In case any doubts please refer this link

Posted 13-Dec-11 19:08pm

coded007

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Kevnar 14-Dec-11 3:20am

There's no Opacity property in a form in VB6. :-( Would it were so easy.

Solution 1

Hi,
Try this if could help...

In your client code example:

C#

<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
    <style type="text/css">
        .AlgemBackground
        {
            background-color: #000000;
            opacity: 0.75;
            filter: alpha(opacity=70);
        }
    </style>
</head>

C#

BackgroundCssClass="AlgemBackground"

Regards,

Posted 13-Dec-11 19:03pm

Al Moje

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Abhinav S 14-Dec-11 1:16am

This is not VB6.

Al Moje 14-Dec-11 5:06am

Oh! So you are using VB6, sorry i thought it was a web.
My example is a web base... (asp.net)

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-13T19:15:00

Solution 3

Have a look here[^].

Posted 13-Dec-11 19:15pm

Abhinav S

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Kevnar 14-Dec-11 3:24am

Actually, I looked at it again and there's an option in there to leave the controls visible. Awesome! As soon as I test it, I'll let you know if this is the solution I needed!