Overlapping controls (Transparency)

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Hi All,

I have encountered a problem regarding transparency when i try to put controls close together.

I have a small cluster of buttons in a user control however i cannot arrange them in the correct place without each buttons background being painted over another.

I require the buttons backgrounds to overlap and not hide the one behind it.

Does anyone have an idea as to how this can be done?

Edit--->

After looking the links it became apparent that this is the correct answer for a user control , however buttons were unsuccessful when implementing this method, does anyone know why a button will not draw without a back color?

Thanks again George

Posted 23-Jan-11 23:10pm

grwithey

Updated 24-Jan-11 1:24am

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-01-23T23:27:00

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These links might help you -

Making Transparent Controls with C# and .NET 3.5[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wk5b13s4(v=vs.71).aspx[^]
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/NETFrameworkdrawing/Feb2006/post25815823.asp[^]

Posted 23-Jan-11 23:27pm

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grwithey 24-Jan-11 6:35am

I have had a look at the first link and built a sample app, this method works when i create a user control, however if i create a button the background is still present when they overlap. I suppose i should have asked if buttons can be overlapped but i did not realise there was a difference between the two when it comes to this.

grwithey 24-Jan-11 7:21am

Thanks for the links, i have now tried all of the links, however there is something about a button which is stopping it from being overlapped by another. I thought it was the double buffer property but the problem still persists so will look again.