Window transperancy

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Nov 4th, 2003, 04:50 PM
aafuss

Window transperancy

How would I create a transperant form in VB.NET (enabled through a menu item ?
Nov 4th, 2003, 07:30 PM
Craigg
In the Form's property window. Set property Opacity < 100%.

Or at runtime:
VB Code:
```
me.Opacity = .50
```
^oops
Nov 5th, 2003, 03:22 AM
dynamic_sysop

the only problem with using Opacity is that all controls on the form will gain the same amount of transparency :)
Nov 5th, 2003, 04:32 AM
Ultimasnake
Quote:

In the Form's property window. Set property Opacity < 100%.

Or at runtime:

visual basic code:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
me.Opacity = 50

sorry to correct you but its
VB Code:
```
me.Opacity = 0.50
```
opacity is a double and works from a range 0.0 to 1.0 thus 0.50 is 50% :)
Nov 6th, 2003, 02:13 AM
Lunatic3

Quote:

Originally posted by dynamic_sysop
the only problem with using Opacity is that all controls on the form will gain the same amount of transparency :)

So he must set a transparent key for the form and set the back color of form to that color. Now an issue arises. If the graphic card supports transparency in 32 bit color, then the controls that have the same back color as the form will be shown transparent but still register mouse, if not the controls would not be shown transparent. However in 16 bit mode they will be shown transparent and don't register mouse. Weird.:o