this makes form transperent only controls are visible
API Declarations
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
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Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20&
Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20
Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Const SWP_SHOWME = SWP_FRAMECHANGED Or SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE
Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2