Shows a basic way to create a form with a wallpaper image on it. Also shows how to add a transparent label to blend in with the wallpaper. Getting the label to be transparent wasn't all that commodious! The wallpaper is generated using a texture brush and bitmap image. The image can actually be a .bmp .jpg .gif .png .wmf image type.
A Form with Wallpaper and Transparent Label (C#)
// create a wallpaper using Brush/Image and put a transparent label on it
// allow controls to be transparent on the form and select
// label1.BackColor = transparent from the Web choices
// MS Visual C# .NET by vegaseat 22jan2005
//
// this is a Windows Application
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WallPaper1
{
public class MainForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
public MainForm()
{
this.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(TextureBrush1);
InitializeComponent();
}
public static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new MainForm());
}
#region Windows Forms Designer generated code
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// label1
//
this.label1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
this.label1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Comic Sans MS", 36F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((System.Byte)(0)));
this.label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((System.Byte)(255)), ((System.Byte)(255)), ((System.Byte)(192)));
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 40);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(456, 104);
this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
this.label1.Text = "Viva Las Vegas!";
//
// MainForm
//
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(6, 15);
this.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(488, 264);
this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
this.Name = "MainForm";
this.Text = "Transparent Label on WallPaper";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
public void TextureBrush1(object sender,PaintEventArgs e)
{
Graphics g = e.Graphics;
int width = this.Size.Width; // form width
int height = this.Size.Height; // form height
// the background image file has to be in the working folder with the .exe file,
// or give it a full path to your image folder, change the image file and path
// to something you have (can be .bmp .jpg .gif .png .wmf image format) like
// "D:/Image/BackGround/FrauBush.bmp"
// ( the rule is to use foreward slashes rather than the usual \\ )
// or pick something from the windows folder
Image bgimage = new Bitmap("C:/Windows/Santa Fe Stucco.bmp");
Brush bgbrush = new TextureBrush(bgimage);
// make rectangle at least the size of the window form
g.FillRectangle(bgbrush,0,0,width,height);
}
}
}
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