Transparent stacks/cards?

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, André Rombauts  wrote:

> How do I make a stack transparent? A card? Is it possible to move a stack
> wtih controls set as empty?
> My aim is to design an application as a movable 'skin' on the desktop...

There are a couple ways to do this, if I understand your question:

1) execute the following in your message box:
 go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/camouflage.rev"

2) get Trevor DeVore's Window external:
 http://www.mangomultimedia.com/developer/revolution/window.html
(The page reads Mac/Windows but the Windows version is not currently
working.) 

Option 1 provides "fake" transparency but allows you to have 100% opaque
controls on a seemingly transparent stack.  Latency will be visible when
dragging the stack on an older/slower machine.  Option 2 provides real
translucency for the entire window and its contents, so if you make your
stack 50% transparent, your controls will also be 50% transparent.

Then again, if you're asking about custom window shapes, see the windowShape
property.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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