transparent tree control

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How Can I make a transparent tree control on the desktop? tree control must not be on any window and it should not have any edges!

I use MFC (MS Visual Studio 6.0). "must not be on any window" means that tree control should be directly on the desktop (or above all applications on desktop) but under the tree control should not be any other window from the same application. Am I clear?

thanks!

Posted 25-Dec-09 1:05am

Jast_in

Updated 26-Dec-09 10:27am

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Thank you!

Could you provide me e piece of code which creates a tree control (or CTreeView document) with (for example) 50% transparency? The most important thing is that this window should not have any edges (i.e. no lines around, no title bar), and there should be a small "+" to close the application.

Thanks one more time!

Posted 25-Dec-09 10:52am

Jast_in

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Christian Graus · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-25T10:27:00

Solution 1

You can't. Your best bet as far as I can see, is to create a transparent window to host your tree control. You can't just make it appear without a host window.

Posted 25-Dec-09 10:27am

Christian Graus

Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-26T21:44:00

Solution 3

You probably need to use 'skinning' to replace the normal main window frame with a bitmap of your own choice. This site[^] has some good tutorials on the procedures.

Posted 26-Dec-09 21:44pm

Richard MacCutchan