title: .NET Compact Framework Transparent UserControl
body: <p>I am programming a mobile application. I need a <code>UserControl</code> (emulating the <code>TabContol</code> navigation - the customer wants the tabs at the top) with a transparent background. The control contains three buttons each with an <code>OnClick</code> handler.</p>
  
  <p>In Googling, I've found a number of solutions for WinForms. But they seemed incompatible with Win Mobile. I used the <a href="http://christian-helle.blogspot.com/2008/01/transparent-controls-in-netcf.html" rel="nofollow">Christian Helle blog</a> for a transparent label used in the app, but cannot wrap my mind around modifying it for <code>UserControl</code>s.</p>
  
  <p>TIA, Gus</p>