Picturebox: transparent background

[sollniss]

I have the problem, that, if I put an icon into a picturebox the icon isn't transparent anymore (because I must convert it to BMP). But it needs to because under the picturebox is a label and if the picture in the picbox isn't transparent the label can't be read.

I need to do something like this:

        picError.Image = SystemIcons.Error ' without .ToBitmap
        ' picError.BackColor = Color.Transparent

BTW. The label and the picbox can't be moved.

 

[Red Phoenix]

This seems to be a common complaint. Here's how I do it.
Put your image in an ImageList.
Set the ImageList TransparentColor to match your image.
Load your PictureBox Image from the ImageList.