,oh I forgot to mention that I also use this little app called Simply Transparent that gives my icon labels see through as long as I use bmp's and don't use active desktop, forgot about that one.
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Running ME, completely patched with all official updates using an ATI AIW 7500 (which is DX7 I believe?), but of course running DX 9.0c, I can't get transparency. I have tried a lot of the unnoficial patches too, but same result. I have also installed as much of my Stardock stuff too, and some of that won't even run e.g. ObjectDock, WindowFX . Is this just the way it is for 9x or possibly just because of my DX7 card? Are transparency and "alpha blending?" interchangable terms? I must add there actually is one form of transparency that I have and that would be the see-through window/desktop that tv has using MMC 8.9. But this would use maybe a different overlay or proprietary routine or something? Using ATI Hydravision, the Hydra effects tab is not there. Anyway, jump in anywhere you want I'm just rambling now..
,oh I forgot to mention that I also use this little app called Simply Transparent that gives my icon labels see through as long as I use bmp's and don't use active desktop, forgot about that one.
,oh I forgot to mention that I also use this little app called Simply Transparent that gives my icon labels see through as long as I use bmp's and don't use active desktop, forgot about that one.
No. Windows 9x/Me ui API does not have transparency support.
shame..
there was a program called Xrun, I think (not the linux xrun but for W98).....had it a while ago and had a hd crash and lost it....could never find it again (could find skins for it!). It was running in a transparent mode and you could adjust transparency in 98SE.
It used a module called alphablend.dll to get it's transparency. At the time I was trying to get another freeware author to use it for transparency, I tried contacting the originator of the alphablend.dll file but never got a response.
I still have the alphablend.dll file if nayone is interested....maybe a google will find info on it, too.
Here is the skin page...funny enough, no skins now! http://www.skinbase.org/app.php?name=xrun
but here are some: http://www.skinbase.org/section.php?sections=xrun
Here is the author's page, but as noted, he/she never responded: http://methodik.pixelarmy.org/doku.php
It used a module called alphablend.dll to get it's transparency. At the time I was trying to get another freeware author to use it for transparency, I tried contacting the originator of the alphablend.dll file but never got a response.
I still have the alphablend.dll file if nayone is interested....maybe a google will find info on it, too.
Here is the skin page...funny enough, no skins now! http://www.skinbase.org/app.php?name=xrun
but here are some: http://www.skinbase.org/section.php?sections=xrun
Here is the author's page, but as noted, he/she never responded: http://methodik.pixelarmy.org/doku.php
You can have a look at that as well :
http://www.cylog.org/utils_4.asp
http://www.cylog.org/graphics_3.asp
http://www.cylog.org/utils_4.asp
http://www.cylog.org/graphics_3.asp
Thank God transparency isn't possible in Win9x. It's bad for usability and pointless use of resources.
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