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Однозначного ответа нет. В Windows 2000 есть отдельная функция:

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где hwnd-хэндл нашего окна

Однако, Мелкософт не включил эту фишку в Win 9x, так что тут все гораздо хуже: я не видел ни одной проги под Win 9x, которая бы умела становиться полупрозрачной. Можно сделать полностью прозрачное окно, но оно будет "съедать" кучу системных ресурсов. Сделать это можно, например, через CreateEllipticRgn или назначая "маску" диалоговому окну.


This article shows how you can make your apps transparent using the new functions provided with Win2K.

If you download the Platform SDK from Microsoft then these functions will be available, but those of you without fast Internet connections this article could be useful.

This is a mix of stuff I found on the net so if anyone feels that I have stolen something and should get the credit, sorry...

The functions you want are included in the USER32.DLL in Win2K, but the SDK provides the header files and the source code in libraries. But to use the functions one could just import the functions from the USER32.DLL. So here it goes...

First some constants must be declared:

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Then some declarations in the header-file:

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That is all for the header file, now to the implementation!

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If the function was imported correctly we must set the dialog we want to make transparent into "transparent-mode". E.G. Set the style for the dialog so that it can be transparent, and that is done with the flag WS_EX_LAYERED defined earlier.

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Now when that is done its time to describe the function we imported, and to tell you the truth I'm not 100% sure about all of the parameters...

hwnd [in] Handle to the layered window.

crKey [in] Pointer to a COLORREF value that specifies the transparency color key to be used. (When making a certain color transparent...)

bAlpha [in] Alpha value used to describe the opacity of the layered window. 0 = Invisible, 255 = Fully visible

dwFlags [in] Specifies an action to take. This parameter can be LWA_COLORKEY (When making a certain color transparent...) or LWA_ALPHA.

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One thing you must make sure of is to disable this function if the app is running under any OS other then Win2K. And there is probably some very easy way to do that, but here is how I did it:

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