Transparent WindowsLast reviewed: August 8, 1996Article ID: Q92526 |
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SUMMARYMicrosoft Windows version does not support fully functional transparent windows.
MORE INFORMATIONIf a window is created using CreateWindowEx() with the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT style, windows below it at the position where the original window was initially placed are not obscured and show through. Moving the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT window, however, results in the old window background moving to the new position, because Windows does not support fully functional transparent windows. WS_EX_TRANSPARENT was designed to be used in very modal situations and the lifetime of a window with this style must be very short. A good use of this style is for drawing tracking points on the top of another window. For example, a dialog editor would use it to draw tracking points around the control that is being selected or moved.
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