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    How to make a text box as transparent using <g class="gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" data-gr-id="4" id="4">powershell</g>


    $outputBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox
    $outputBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(1090,100) 
    $outputBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(480,545)
    #$outputBox.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Consolas", 8 ,[System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Regular)
    $outputBox.MultiLine = $True
    $outputBox.ScrollBars = "Vertical"
    $outputBox.AppendText("`n")
    $outputBox.ReadOnly = $True
    $outputBox.BackColor = "Color.Transparent"
    $Form.Controls.Add($outputBox)

    Exception setting "BackColor": "Control does not support transparent background colors."
    At line:49 char:1
    + $outputBox.BackColor = "Transparent"
    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], SetValueInvocationException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionWhenSetting

    Tuesday, February 5, 2019 4:46 PM

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    Code from this blog post may help:

    https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stephap/2012/04/23/building-forms-with-powershell-part-1-the-form/

    In brief:

    Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms 
$Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.Text = "Sample Form"
$Form.Opacity = 0.7
    # 1.0 is fully opaque; 0.0 is invisible
    Edit: The RichTextBox class does not appear to have a similar property.

    Richard Mueller - MVP Enterprise Mobility (Identity and Access)


    Tuesday, February 5, 2019 6:45 PM
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    The error is explicit: Exception setting "BackColor": "Control does not support transparent background colors."

    You cannot set transparent background colors on a textbox.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Tuesday, February 5, 2019 6:49 PM
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    Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:39 AM