"MikeB" wrote:

> Hi, I created a picturebox with a map as an image. I want to make
> certain areas on the map clickable hotspots and the way I'm trying to
> do this is to create a transparent label with a different cursor (hand)
> and then I code the click_event for that label. However, I cannot make
> the label transparent, even if I choose the Transparent option for the
> attribute for the background color of the label. Any ideas or
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
>

> Off the top of my head, I would not use controls like that because of the
> overhead. I would look into graphic reagions and then during the mouse down
> event change the cursor based on if the x y coordinate is within one of the
> regions.
> ======================================
> David McCarter
> www.vsdntips.com
> VSDN Tips & Tricks .NET Coding Standards available at:
> www.cafepress.com/vsdntips.20412485
>
>
> "MikeB" wrote:
>
> > Hi, I created a picturebox with a map as an image. I want to make
> > certain areas on the map clickable hotspots and the way I'm trying to
> > do this is to create a transparent label with a different cursor (hand)
> > and then I code the click_event for that label. However, I cannot make
> > the label transparent, even if I choose the Transparent option for the
> > attribute for the background color of the label. Any ideas or
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >

"MikeB" wrote:

> OK, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but are you telling me
> that causing a continuous interrupt stream generated by Mousedown and
> then the program work to map the x,y location to the region of a
> hotspot is less work than the isolated event that occurs when the user
> clicks on the hotspot?
>
> The way I'm trying to do it seems to be a LOT less coding. All that I'm
> having difficulty with is the Transparent attribute for BackColor.
>
> Mike
>
> dotNetDave wrote:
> > Off the top of my head, I would not use controls like that because of the
> > overhead. I would look into graphic reagions and then during the mouse down
> > event change the cursor based on if the x y coordinate is within one of the
> > regions.
> > ======================================
> > David McCarter
> > www.vsdntips.com
> > VSDN Tips & Tricks .NET Coding Standards available at:
> > www.cafepress.com/vsdntips.20412485
> >
> >
> > "MikeB" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I created a picturebox with a map as an image. I want to make
> > > certain areas on the map clickable hotspots and the way I'm trying to
> > > do this is to create a transparent label with a different cursor (hand)
> > > and then I code the click_event for that label. However, I cannot make
> > > the label transparent, even if I choose the Transparent option for the
> > > attribute for the background color of the label. Any ideas or
> > > suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
>
>

> Just a warning, I have seen the transparency of controls not work with some
> video cards, that's why I use regions instead.
>
> David
>
>
> "MikeB" wrote:
>
> > OK, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but are you telling me
> > that causing a continuous interrupt stream generated by Mousedown and
> > then the program work to map the x,y location to the region of a
> > hotspot is less work than the isolated event that occurs when the user
> > clicks on the hotspot?
> >
> > The way I'm trying to do it seems to be a LOT less coding. All that I'm
> > having difficulty with is the Transparent attribute for BackColor.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > dotNetDave wrote:
> > > Off the top of my head, I would not use controls like that because of the
> > > overhead. I would look into graphic reagions and then during the mouse down
> > > event change the cursor based on if the x y coordinate is within one of the
> > > regions.
> > > ======================================
> > > David McCarter
> > > www.vsdntips.com
> > > VSDN Tips & Tricks .NET Coding Standards available at:
> > > www.cafepress.com/vsdntips.20412485
> > >
> > >
> > > "MikeB" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi, I created a picturebox with a map as an image. I want to make
> > > > certain areas on the map clickable hotspots and the way I'm trying to
> > > > do this is to create a transparent label with a different cursor (hand)
> > > > and then I code the click_event for that label. However, I cannot make
> > > > the label transparent, even if I choose the Transparent option for the
> > > > attribute for the background color of the label. Any ideas or
> > > > suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >

> MikeB wrote:
> > Hi, I created a picturebox with a map as an image. I want to make
> > certain areas on the map clickable hotspots and the way I'm trying to
> > do this is to create a transparent label with a different cursor (hand)
> > and then I code the click_event for that label. However, I cannot make
> > the label transparent, even if I choose the Transparent option for the
> > attribute for the background color of the label. Any ideas or
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> When you place the label on the PictureBox, the label parented to the
> form.  If you set the label's parent to the PictureBox, then using a
> backcolor of transparent will work.