Re: Drawing semi-transparent lines in RB....

[Joe Strout <joe at inspiringapps dot com>]

On Nov 29, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Andy Dent wrote:

> On 30/11/2007, at 5:18 AM, Joe Strout wrote:
>
>> On Mac OS X, you can do this with a CurveShape.  On other platforms,
>> you'll need to use a picture with an appropriately translucent mask.
>
> Expanding further on Joe's comment, that mask would be constructed by
> drawing the same CurveShape into the Mask property of the picture,
> with a 50% Gray colour.

Well, you wouldn't actually need a CurveShape in this case -- you  
could just use DrawLine.  But a CurveShape would also work, of course.

Best,
- Joe

--
Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com



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