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Article #106Re: VB - need a "transparent" button or picture...
From: Edmund Hack
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 17:13
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 17:13
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In article <36720006@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben) writes: > >Ok, this time I have a question.... > >I'm developing a shareware astronomy program using VB. >I need "transparent" buttons or picture objects in one of my maps (which is >a form). What I mean by "transparent" is that the background needs to show >thru except for the buttons bitmap. I know how to make transparent bitmaps >using API calls, and I can place those as I need, but the problem is I need >them to respond to a mouse click event (like a button or picture object >does on a VB form) VBTools from MicroHelp has the "Invisible Control" which does exactly what you want. VBTools costs about $170 US and has a bunch of other useful stuff. -- | Edmund Hack - Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. - Houston, TX | hack@aio.jsc.nasa.gov SpokesPersonp(Me,or(NASA,LESC)) = NIL | **** Papoon for President! You Know He's Not Insane!! ****
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!eos!aio!arabia!hack From: hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools Subject: Re: VB - need a "transparent" button or picture... Message-ID: <1992Aug6.171302.24856@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Date: 6 Aug 92 17:13:02 GMT References: <36720006@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> Sender: Edmund Hack Organization: Lockheed ESC, Houston Lines: 20