Opacity of Form in VB.Net in Visual Studio 2005

[StrykerNet]

I'm trying to make my main forms opacity 50% on the click event of my buttons but I can not do it. Would appreciate assistance.

[Curtis Rutland]

There should be a property of the form called Opacity. You can set this to a value between 0 and 1. 0 being invisible, 1 being opaque.

So, in your button click event handler:

Me.Opacity = .5

[joedeene]

exactly as insertalias said but if you want to set the original opacity back again after the buttons events were finished do something like...

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Me.Opacity = 0.5

        'any code here necessary

        Me.Opacity = 1

    End Sub

and it will make the form half transparent and when the button's events are finished returns the original opacity to the form