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Transparent Internet Explorer for 1 to 255

Transparent Internet Explorer for 1 to 255

API Declarations


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 Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long

Private Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Private Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000
Private Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20&
Private Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2&



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'Shell_TrayWnd
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Dim lOldStyle As Long
    Dim bTrans As Byte ' The level of transparency (0 - 255)
    Dim LhWnd As Long
    
    LhWnd = FindWindow("IEFrame", vbNullString)
    bTrans = 225
        lOldStyle = GetWindowLong(LhWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
        SetWindowLong LhWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, lOldStyle Or WS_EX_LAYERED
        SetLayeredWindowAttributes LhWnd, 0, bTrans, LWA_ALPHA

End Sub