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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>D2007 - I tested a form with
transparent color set to TransparentColorValue:=clGreen and
TransparentColor:=true. This should work for D2005? onwards.
</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>There are also quite a few controls
with transparent properties - labels, toolbars, TGraphic, TImage, but only TForm
and related seem to have Alphablend.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John</DIV></BODY></HTML>