Re: layered window

From: Ellers (ellers.bogus_at_ellerton.bogus.net)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:37:30 +0200

benben wrote:
> Could anyone explain this? I wrote a program that uses a layered main window
> to make the window transluscent when it is deactivated and completely opaque
> when the user works on it. What is strange is whenever I have another window
> placed on top of my transparent window, there are two ugly and thick bands
> that go all the way across the transparent window within which everything
> becomes COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. You can reproduce this by simply creating a
> simple "hello world!" windows application, just prior to the message pump
> add the following two lines:
>
> SetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE) |
> WS_EX_LAYERED);
> SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hWnd, 0, 200, LWA_ALPHA)

Wierd problem.

Can you post or upload a screenshot?

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