C# Form's background image as pictureBox parent?

Question

I have a picturebox with some transparency. I found out I can use picturebox.Parent to set the parent image, but it only works when Parent is another picturebox. But what if i want form's background image to be picturebox's parent?

   pictureBox1.Parent = PictureBox2; //works fine (of course if there is a pbox2)
   pictureBox1.Parent = Form1;  //??? magic goes here

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '11 at 13:43

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If I understood well, you want that your background would be transparent. If so, use:

pictureBox1.BackColor = Color.Transparent;

answered Jul 01 '11 at 13:43

Donatas K.

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i tried but it gives me `Error Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Drawing.Color' to 'System.Windows.Forms.Control'` – Jul 01 '11 at 13:47
ah yes, didn't notice the `BackColor`. Thanks – Jul 01 '11 at 13:57

Spacemancraig · Answer 2 · 2011-07-01T13:57:34.330

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Are you trying to use an image with transparency as the background to your form? If so, you can't do that you have to use a transparency key.

what you are trying to do above works this way but I don't know what that would accomplish...

Form1 theForm = new Form1();

pictureBox1.Parent = theForm;

edited Jul 01 '11 at 13:57

answered Jul 01 '11 at 13:52

Spacemancraig

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not. i'm trying to use a transparent picturebox over a form that has a background image – Jul 01 '11 at 13:55

C# Form's background image as pictureBox parent?

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