Re: Transparent window

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:15:50 +0200, Duncan McNiven
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>Depends on a few things:
>What version of Delphi are you using?
>What operating system are you running on?
>Does is have to be the client area _only_ that is transparent?

>For D6 & greater, and apps running on Win 2K or later, setting the
>whole form to a (semi) transparent state is trivial - just play with
>the AlphaBlend and AlphaBlendValue properties of the form.

>For other cases it is possible, but more involved. I don't remember
>the details but I have seen such code on the Delphi groups before, so
>Google should find it.

Sounds 'Dodgy' to me
- reminds me of Ants


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