On 10/22/02 7:26 PM, the NSA intercepted the following message from "B&b
Software" <b&bsoftware at trump dot net dot au>:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Oops, what I meant to ask was, is there any way of placing a
> transparent image on a window such that the underlying window will
> show through.
>
> I have a transparent gif that I want to display on my OS X 'About'
> window but if I use a Canvas or ImageWell control to display the
> graphic then it masks out all of the window below it and does not
> allow the window fill color (or the OSX horizontal stripes) to show
> through.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help given
Yup; create a mask for the image and use the Paint event of the window
Seth Willits
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