[DUG] AlphaBlend Panel?

[Jeremy Coulter]

Hi John.
Embedded forms dont do it either...sigh. Well since I have waited a LOT of
time on this, I might jsut have to resort backt o modal
dialogs.....grrr....DAMN YOU IE6 !!!   :-)

Jeremy

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:51 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>wrote:

>  Now are you after a fully transparent panel or a partially transparent
> panel?   These are different properties on a form - Fully transparent uses
> the TransparentColorValue properties, and a partially transparent form uses
> the Alphablend properties.
>
> D2007 - I tested a form with transparent color set to
> TransparentColorValue:=clGreen and TransparentColor:=true.  This should work
> for D2005? onwards.  Put a couple of labels on the panel, set the panel
> color to clGreen and hey presto  a fully transparent panel complete with
> floating labels - that is it does make a hole in the form behind it too.
> Note you want to choose a color not used for anything else you want to
> see on the form, as it will disappear!
>
> There are also quite a few controls with transparent properties - labels,
> toolbars, TGraphic, TImage, but only TForm and related seem to have
> Alphablend.
>
>  If you are after an alphablend partially transparent panel maybe the way
> to do it is use an embedded form rather than a panel?   I haven't done that
> myself but I have seen it done for other purposes.
>
> John
>
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