[python-win32] How to make a window client area "transparent"

[Simon Dahlbacka]

Are you simulating Vista behavior on non-vista system, or do you want a
glass-enabled application on vista?
If the latter, then I suspect there are better api:s to start from,
unfortunately I'm not familiar with them and cannot give any further
pointers..

regards,

Simon

On 4/7/07, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is only vaguely a Python related question - I'm writing Python
> code, but the basic issue I have is with Win32 programming regardless
> of language - but I don't know a really good forum for Win32 API
> technical coding questions (aside: can anyone point me to such a forum
> - high signal-to-noise ratio, focus on Win32 API rather than .NET or
> similar?)
>
> What I want to achieve is client-area transparency for a window -
> essentially, make the client area transparent, without the window
> border, title bar, etc being transparent. I'm aware of layered windows
> and alpha blending - but this affects the window border as well as the
> client area, so it's not what I'm after.
>
> Is what I'm looking for possible? If so, can anyone give me a pointer
> to how to achieve it?
>
> On a slightly related note, I know I can use SystemParametersInfo with
> SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER to get the filename of the bmp file being used as
> the desktop wallpaper - but can I get the method that bitmap is used
> (stretch, center or tile)? I want to replicate (part of) the desktop
> in a window, and without that information, I'm a bit stuck!
>
> Thanks, and sorry for the off-topic post.
>
> Paul.
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