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Generally, the classes form the System.Drawing namespace are used to draw objects and print text directly on a form or control. However you can have some interesting visual effects by modifying just a few properties of a form. There are two new properties now which will allow you to create transparent forms - the Opacity and TransparencyKey properties. Here I will cover only the Opacity property. To use the Opacity property, assign a double value between 0 to 1 to represent the opacity form 0 to 100%. The following steps will help you see the Opacity property in action: Add a Vertical Scrollbar Control to your form. Set its Name property to scvOpacity. The Min and Max properties of the scrollbar should already be set to 0 and 100 respectively. Set the Value property of the scrollbar to 100. Add a Label control to your form. Change its Name Property to lblOpacity. Add the following two lines of code to the scrollbar's Scroll event: Click here to copy the following block Me.Opacity = scvOpacity.Value / 100 lblOpacity.Text = Me.Opacity.ToString Now run the sample program. As you move the scrollbar, the form should become transparent !

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