.NET Compact Framework Transparent UserControl

Question

I am programming a mobile application. I need a UserControl (emulating the TabContol navigation - the customer wants the tabs at the top) with a transparent background. The control contains three buttons each with an OnClick handler.

In Googling, I've found a number of solutions for WinForms. But they seemed incompatible with Win Mobile. I used the Christian Helle blog for a transparent label used in the app, but cannot wrap my mind around modifying it for UserControl s.

TIA, Gus

Answer 1

Yeah, it's a complex task - way more complex than it should be, but it is what it is. While I never actually finished Project Resistance , it does have code for transparent user controls

The resistor body itself is a UserControl, the background shows through the surrounding area and it even dynamically draws the color bands so that the resistor body shows through the band transparent areas.