Draggable transparent string box???

[vbtoast]

Can anyone help me with what I'm trying to accomplish:

1. I have a bitmap on a form.
2. At runtime, I want to place several "labels" on the bitmap that contain text surrounded by a rectangle.
3. I want to user to be able to drag these labels around.
4. The labels need to be transparent.

I have figured out how to create draggable labels, but making them transparent is not easy.

I am thinking that this would be easier using pictureboxes and drawstring methods, but I'm not sure.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JohnH]

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l.BackColor = Color.Transparent

 

[vbtoast]

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l.BackColor = Color.Transparent

Thanks John.

The class in the prior thread works great. But this doesn't work.

I need the label to remain transparent whereever the user drags it. Possible?

 

[JohnH]

It does when I move it, I would hardly call it smooth, but if you stop moving for a short while it's transparent still as I see it.

 

[vbtoast]

It does when I move it, I would hardly call it smooth, but if you stop moving for a short while it's transparent still as I see it.

are you trying to drag it over an existing bmp? Thats what I need to be able to do.

 

[JohnH]

Yes, I just set a background image for the container of the label, like form or a panel.