Transparent window example?

Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab) keith at gulfbreezeortholab.com
Thu Oct 20 16:51:13 EDT 2011


Thanks Dixie! Just what I was looking for! I really, really appreciate it!

Cheers from Florida,

- Boo

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Dixon
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:05 PM
To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
Subject: RE: Transparent window example?


Keith...

Have a look at this, I think it might help...

http://www.runrev.com/developers/lessons-and-tutorials/tutorials/advanced-inks-windows/

Dixie

> From: keith at gulfbreezeortholab.com
> To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Transparent window example?
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:27:44 -0500
>
> Hi Again,
>
> Is there a way to set a stack to a blendlevel of say 75, but keep an 
> object
> (such as a button) at a blendlevel of 0? That is, a somewhat transparent
> window, but a solid button/control on the transparent window?
>
> I have played around with it, but the object seems to inherit the 
> blendlevel
> of the stack... Even when setting an object's blendlevel to 0.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Boo
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Klaus on-rev
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:08 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Subject: Re: Transparent window example?
>
> Hi Keith,
>
> Am 19.10.2011 um 12:25 schrieb Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab):
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Would anyone be able to provide an example of how to make a transparent
> > window that is resizable? To clarify, a window that looks like a
> > see-through box. The borders of the window need to be visible, and the
> > window needs to be resizable accordingly, but the user needs to be able 
> > to
> > see the desktop through the window...
>
> just:
> ...
> set the blendlevel of stack X to Y
> ## where Y = 0 - 100
> ...
> This will only affect the "transparency" of that stack, everthing else 
> like
> "resizable" is NOT affected!
>
> Check "blendlevel" in the dictionary, it's definitivley no rocket science
> :-)
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Boo
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
> --
> Klaus Major
> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major.on-rev.com
>
>
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