by Lio_Romania (2 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 9th October 2005
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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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&
VBcoders
'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