transparent background of an odd shaped application?? 1

[Toastie]

I have a bitmap of what my application should look like and all is good so far except i need to make the background invisable and inactive.

The Bitmap is in 16 Bit colour and i have two pannels that scroll out that turn into tool bars.

The whole application and toolbars and everything are odd shaped !!
My brother tried to cut it out with a pair of scissors but put a hole in his monitor.

ok thanks people !!
bye
Toastie
Matt McD

 

[AndyGroom]

Hi,

To create a window that isn't rectangular (like the Office Assistant) you need to use an API called CreatePolygonRgn.

Create an array of type PointAPI and set each point as x,y pixel coordinates which correspond to the edges of your shape. For example, to create a window with 10 sides you'd do:

ReDim Points(0 To 9) As PointAPI

Then apply the polygon shape to the Form:

PolyRgn = CreatePolygonRgn(Points(0), UBound(Points) + 1, ALTERNATE)
WinRgn = SetWindowRgn(hwnd, PolyRgn, True)

Hey presto, your form will be 10-sided! Tell your brother not to run in the house with sharp scissors.

Hope this helps.

- Andy.

 

[petermeachem]

It's easier to use this

http://mozzysoft.hypermart.net/downloads.htm

I expect there are many other variants Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com