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LabVIEW .net container not accepting transparent background of the control

Hello,

 

I am trying to build a control using Visual Studio C#. I have created a Windows Form Control Library (.NET Framework) and simply dropped a button. Here I have set the background color as transparent and created a dll. 

 

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Now if I use this dll into another c# forms application project the background is transparent as I need.

 

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And, If I use this same dll in LabVIEW by using .net container I am not getting a transparent background. Instead, it is showing some default grey color.

 

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Even I am setting the background color to transparent by setting its properties It is accepting all other colors except transparent.

 

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Please suggest if I am still missing something to update. I am attaching the visual studio code and labview vi.

 

Thanks.

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Perhaps you need to activate first the transparency of the the front panel.

 

See https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/How-to-make-Front-panel-transparent-but-not-controls-and/td-p/15208...

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Did you try painting the .NET container background transparent, from LabVIEW?

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If I remember correctly, you'll never have a transparent .NET container because it actually a separate window that sits in front of all LV windows.  My technical explanation may be incomplete, but I think that's basically correct...

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