The second part will show you how to make certain parts of the window transparent by using a color value. Here we go…. Just make these three API calls and you get a translucent/transparent window: GetWindowLong SetWindowLong SetLayeredWindowAttributes GetWindowLong returns the window's attributes. We are interested in the GWL_EXSTYLE attribute. Hi all,I have been looking for some vb6 code to make the form background transparent while still allowing text and images to appear in front of the transparent. menu Whirlpool Go to navigation. '// Make the form transparent SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT '// Put it on top SetWindowPos Me.hwnd, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0&, 0 here is the code. Me.lblTest.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent. That's the correct code, but it only makes the label transparent to its container, i.e., the form or panel. If you are trying to add a transparent label to a PictureBox, then you will have to draw it yourself. How to make a form transaparent! Submitted by JanzellJurilla on Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 11:50. this snippet is making the form into a transparent.. first. 1. Declare the following codes: Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20) Public Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20& Public Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20 Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2 Public Const How to make transparent Form in Visual Studio | Vb.net ProjectDownload - mediafire.com/file/8nh35vauj54pl9m/TOS+Product+Tutorial+II.zip Make Userform Transparent. Tek-Tips has a nice post in their forums for making User Forms in Excel transparent. Simply copy and paste the code from the post to your Form's module, immediately below Option Explicit, and your form is transparent. You can also set the level of transparency by altering the line "bytOpacity = 192". In this article. In earlier versions of the .NET Framework, controls didn't support setting transparent backcolors without first setting the SetStyle method in the forms's constructor. In the current framework version, the backcolor for most controls can be set to Transparent in the Properties window at design time, or in code in the form's How to create a semi transparent or blurred backcolor in a Windows Form (you can find a number of other functions there that create other effects, as the Sheet Of Glass and a WindowBorderlessDropShadow() method. The images just show the BlurBehind effect, for Windows 7 and Windows 10) -- But you may want to build an UWP app instead :) The acrylic effect is better, IMO. Make parts of a form transparent in VB .NET: Keywords: form, transparent, VB.NET: Categories: Graphics, VB.NET, Tips and Tricks : Set the form's TransparencyKey property to the color you want to be transparent. In many cases, you will also want to hide the form's control box, borders, and caption.