How do I make window transparent

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hi all ,
I have a window created in win32 which is having some controls on it . Now I want to make the window transparent and rest of the controls should display as it is .
I tried it by adding a property WS_EX_TRANSPARENT but it didn't help .

Posted 15-Sep-15 8:03am

iampradeepsharma

Updated 15-Sep-15 8:04am

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[no name] 15-Sep-15 14:35pm

In case you have Access to Borland Builder 6, check Forms.pas to see how Borland solved it. Search there for AlphaBlend. Or Google for "WS_EX_LAYERED".

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User 11060979 · Answer 1 · 2015-09-15T08:46:00

Solution 2

Additional to my comment, have a look here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997507.aspx[^]

Posted 15-Sep-15 8:46am

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