On transparency

Question

Is there a way to make partly transparent forms other than TransparencyKey? I want an irregularly shaped program _and_ 32-bit display. MediaPlayer can do it so it should be doable right? :/ Thanks

elnerdo · Answer

oops! i thought this was vb.net not C#.... please ignore what i said.

elnerdo · Answer

why not use me.opacity = 50% wouldn't that make a partly transparent form?

jj_7_7 · Answer

Whoa that's way out of my league! Guess I'll have to compromise somewhere... Is there even a good reason TransparencyKey won't work above 24-bit?

kovan · Answer

TransparentKey is the only way to do it in .NET managed code for. try using native api's http://builder.com.com/5100-6373-5031805.html#Listing%20A (vb code but that will tell u the apis u need)