PopupControl with transparent Background Picture

 

i'm tyring to create a Splash-Screen-Popup with transparent Background-Picture. On top of the picture i want to place some text.

 

First idea: (using PopupControsample)

 

    wndPopupSplash.Icons.LoadBitmap App.Path & "\Icons\transparentpic.png", 200, xtpImageNormal
    wndPopupSplash.BackgroundBitmap = 200

This works fine with transparency - but i don't know how to place text on this image by sourcecode.

 

second idea: (using xaml)

 

<Grid>
<Image Source="file://sp4.png"/>

<Border xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml'

 VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Padding="4" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#767676" MaxWidth="412">
 <Border.Background>
  <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0, 0" EndPoint="0,1">
   <GradientStop Color="#ffffff" Offset="0"/>
   <GradientStop Color="#c9d9ef" Offset="1"/>
  </LinearGradientBrush>
 </Border.Background>

 <StackPanel TextBlock.FontFamily="Tahoma">
  <TextBlock Padding="1, 3, 1, 3" FontWeight="Bold">TEST</TextBlock>
  <Border Height="1" Background="#9ebbdd" />
  <Border Height="1" Background="White" />
  <StackPanel Margin="1, 7, 0, 3" Orientation="Horizontal">
  </StackPanel>
 </StackPanel>
</Border>
</Grid>

When I use this within the popup-control i have to choose a Visual-Theme:

 

wndPopupSplash.VisualTheme = xtpPopupThemeOffice2003

 

Unfortunatelly there is no visual theme with transparent background....

 

Can anybody help me please?! Thanks.

 

regards,

Hawk78