by Marcelo Ferreira (1 Submission)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(7 Votes)
Creates a translucent window. No DLL/OCX, No flick, No Static, No headache !!
You create a new form, copy and paste into General Declarations section, and [F5]... " Já foi pra conta!" It's done...
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VBcodersOption Explicit
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _
"SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, _
ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal crey As Byte, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Const Estilo = (-20)
Private Const Camada = &H80000
Private Const CorAlpha = &H2&
'-------------------
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim AntigoEstilo As Long
Dim Nivel As Byte ' Transparency (0 - 255)
Nivel = 180
AntigoEstilo = GetWindowLong(Me.hwnd, Estilo)
SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, Estilo, AntigoEstilo Or Camada
SetLayeredWindowAttributes Me.hwnd, 0, Nivel, CorAlpha
End Sub
