I would look at some other MWF control, to see how it is doing things about transparency, as I think some of them have support for it.
Hope it helps, On 7/23/07, Ivan N. Zlatev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > As part of the requirements for implementing the > System.Windows.Forms.Design.Behavior (for the winforms designer GSoC) > namespace I will have to implement a Control with a transparent > background to act as a transparent layer on top of the design surface. > Some custom drawing will take place in the foreground. > > While this works on win32 with the use of the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT [1] > CreateParam, this is not supported by the X11 backend. I had a bug > filed [2] a few months ago, but I do understand implementing support > for transparency is not in the list of high priority items. > > Is there a way to P/Invoke into something from the X libraries in > order to achieve the effect of WS_EX_TRANSPARENT on X? A small example > will be very appreciated as I don't have any experience in X > programming. > > Regards. > > [1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/92526 > [2] http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=81135 > > -- > Ivan N. Zlatev > > Web: http://www.i-nZ.net > "It's all some kind of whacked out conspiracy." > _______________________________________________ > Mono-winforms-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-winforms-list > -- Rafael "Monoman" Teixeira --------------------------------------- "I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions." Augusten Burroughs _______________________________________________ Mono-winforms-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-winforms-list
