Re: Transparent child window

On Jul 21, 12:37 pm, Edward Diener
<eddielee_no_spam_h...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a child window with a light-colored background color brush, which
I want to be transparent so that the underlying parent window shows
through the background. A layered window does not work with a child
window. Is there any way I can do this with a child window ?



Hi,

Have you tried the following Windows style to create
a transparent window:

CreateWindowEx() WS_EX_TRANSPARENT

Or,

SetWindowRgn()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms632680(VS.85).aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534845(VS.85).aspx

Kellie.

.

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