UNKNOWN '************************************** ' Name: Make a Transparent Area (Any Siz ' e) in your Form ' Description:This function create a tra ' nsparent area of dirrent shape (such as ' rectangle, Circle) in your form, you specify where and how big the hole is. Unlike most other trnsparant routine, this one not only let you see trough it, but also allow you total access access the things in the hole!!! Of course, You can make the entire form transparent or make you form C - shaped! Fully tested in VB5 and VB6. ' By: Dalin Nie ' ' ' Inputs:None ' ' Returns:None ' 'Assumes:None ' 'Side Effects:None 'This code is copyrighted and has limite ' d warranties. 'Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Cod ' e.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.1617/lngWId.1/qx/ ' vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm 'for details. '************************************** '1, Declararion ' This should be in the form's General D ' eclaration Area. If you declare in a Mod ' eule, ' you need to omit the word "private" Private Declare Function CreateRoundRectRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long, ByVal X3 As Long, ByVal Y3 As Long) As Long Private Declare Function CreateRectRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long) As Long Private Declare Function CreateEllipticRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long) As Long Private Declare Function CombineRgn Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDestRgn As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn1 As Long, ByVal hSrcRgn2 As Long, ByVal nCombineMode As Long) As Long Private Declare Function SetWindowRgn Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hRgn As Long, ByVal bRedraw As Long) As Long '2 The Function ' This should be in the form's code. Private Function fMakeATranspArea(AreaType As String, pCordinate() As Long) As Boolean 'Name: fMakeATranpArea 'Author: Dalin Nie 'Date: 5/18/98 'Purpose: Create a Transprarent Area in ' a form so that you can see through 'Input: Areatype : a String indicate wha ' t kind of hole shape it would like to ma ' ke ' PCordinate : the cordinate area needed ' for create the shape: ' Example: X1, Y1, X2, Y2 for Rectangle 'OutPut: A boolean Const RGN_DIFF = 4 Dim lOriginalForm As Long Dim ltheHole As Long Dim lNewForm As Long Dim lFwidth As Single Dim lFHeight As Single Dim lborder_width As Single Dim ltitle_height As Single On Error GoTo Trap lFwidth = ScaleX(Width, vbTwips, vbPixels) lFHeight = ScaleY(Height, vbTwips, vbPixels) lOriginalForm = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, lFwidth, lFHeight) lborder_width = (lFHeight - ScaleWidth) / 2 ltitle_height = lFHeight - lborder_width - ScaleHeight Select Case AreaType Case "Elliptic" ltheHole = CreateEllipticRgn(pCordinate(1), pCordinate(2), pCordinate(3), pCordinate(4)) Case "RectAngle" ltheHole = CreateRectRgn(pCordinate(1), pCordinate(2), pCordinate(3), pCordinate(4)) Case "RoundRect" ltheHole = CreateRoundRectRgn(pCordinate(1), pCordinate(2), pCordinate(3), pCordinate(4), pCordinate(5), pCordinate(6)) Case "Circle" ltheHole = CreateRoundRectRgn(pCordinate(1), pCordinate(2), pCordinate(3), pCordinate(4), pCordinate(3), pCordinate(4)) Case Else MsgBox "Unknown Shape!!" Exit Function End Select lNewForm = CreateRectRgn(0, 0, 0, 0) CombineRgn lNewForm, lOriginalForm, _ ltheHole, RGN_DIFF SetWindowRgn hWnd, lNewForm, True Me.Refresh fMakeATranspArea = True Exit Function Trap: MsgBox "error Occurred. Error # " & Err.Number & ", " & Err.Description End Function ' 3 How To Call Dim lParam(1 To 6) As Long lParam(1) = 100 lParam(2) = 100 lParam(3) = 250 lParam(4) = 250 lParam(5) = 50 lParam(6) = 50 Call fMakeATranspArea("RoundRect", lParam()) 'Call fMakeATranspArea("RectAngle", lPar ' am()) 'Call fMakeATranspArea("Circle", lParam( ' )) 'Call fMakeATranspArea("Elliptic", lPara ' m())