ListView with background image.

[Lloyd Sheen]

I have now googled for a couple of hours with no success. I am looking to
find code to create a listview with a background image. I know it can be
done but cannot find a link to code or a hint.

Lloyd Sheen

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have now googled for a couple of hours with no success. I am looking to
find code to create a listview with a background image. I know it can be
done but cannot find a link to code or a hint.

Adding a background image to a listview control
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=listviewbackgroundimage&lang=en>

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

Thanks that works great. One more question if you don't mind. As soon as I
add listviewitems I attempt to set the backcolor to color.transparent but
the items obsure the background image. Is there a way to change this
behaviour?

Lloyd Sheen

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

I got it although I was not looking for that answer.

Put this code into a Sub Main and magically the listview will show the
background image and the listview items show only t he text.

Application.EnableVisualStyles()
Application.DoEvents()
Application.Run(New Form1)


Thanks for the help and the direction.

Lloyd Sheen