'VB.Net Example - Form Opacity.
'
'Note!!: You must be running Windows2000, XP or better
'for this example to work correctly.
'
'Jon Vote 07/2002
'
'Idioma Software Inc.
'www.idioma-software.com
'jon@idioma-software.com
'
'This example may be freely used in code
'as long as credit is given to the author.
'No publication is authorized.
'
'Code is presented as is.
'User assumes all responsibility
'1) Start a new VB.Net project. Form1 is created by default.
'2) Press F7 to bring up the code window.
'3) Replace all (some? no all!) of the code in the code window
' with the following:
'
'VB.Net Example - Form Opacity.
'(c) Jon Vote 07/2002
'Idioma Software Inc.
'www.idioma-software.com
'www.skycoder.com
'jon@idioma-software.com
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
Friend WithEvents hscrOpacity As System.Windows.Forms.HScrollBar
Friend WithEvents lblOpacity As System.Windows.Forms.Label
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.hscrOpacity = New System.Windows.Forms.HScrollBar()
Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
Me.lblOpacity = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'hscrOpacity
'
Me.hscrOpacity.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left) _
Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
Me.hscrOpacity.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(4, 60)
Me.hscrOpacity.Maximum = 109
Me.hscrOpacity.Name = "hscrOpacity"
Me.hscrOpacity.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(376, 20)
Me.hscrOpacity.TabIndex = 0
Me.hscrOpacity.Value = 75
'
'Label1
'
Me.Label1.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
Me.Label1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
Me.Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.IndianRed
Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8)
Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(368, 16)
Me.Label1.TabIndex = 1
Me.Label1.Text = "Move the slider control to change the opacity property of the form."
'
'lblOpacity
'
Me.lblOpacity.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left)
Me.lblOpacity.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
Me.lblOpacity.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.IndianRed
Me.lblOpacity.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 36)
Me.lblOpacity.Name = "lblOpacity"
Me.lblOpacity.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(152, 16)
Me.lblOpacity.TabIndex = 3
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(384, 89)
Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.lblOpacity, Me.Label1, Me.hscrOpacity})
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.StartPosition = System.Windows.Forms.FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
Me.Text = "www.skycoder.com - Opaque Form Example"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
#End Region
'Initialize
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
SetOpacity(hscrOpacity.Value)
End Sub
'SetOpacity: Set the form's opacity, update display
Private Sub SetOpacity(ByVal intValue As Integer)
Me.Opacity = intValue / 100
lblOpacity.Text = Me.Opacity * 100 & "% Opacity"
End Sub
'Update to new value
Private Sub hscrOpacity_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles hscrOpacity.ValueChanged
'There seems to be a bug (feature?) in the slider
'control. Never reaches max value.
'I set Max to 100, but just in case
'it works someday...
If sender.value > 100 Then
sender.value = 100
End If
SetOpacity(sender.value)
End Sub
End Class