I think the easiest and simplest way to do it is simply lay a transparent form over top of your current form. Here's a sample transparent form.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TransparentForm
{
public class SeeThroughForm : Form
{
public SeeThroughForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private Label label1;
private Button button1;
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// label1
//
this.label1.AutoSize = true;
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(51, 46);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(35, 13);
this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
this.label1.Text = "label1";
//
// button1
//
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(54, 140);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
this.button1.Text = "button1";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
//
// SeeThroughForm
//
this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(220, 199);
this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.None;
this.Name = "SeeThroughForm";
this.Opacity = 0.5;
this.TransparencyKey = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
this.ResumeLayout(false);
this.PerformLayout();
}
#endregion
}
}
Hope this helps.
Rudedog =8^D
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