Transparent window with Button and Embedded Browser

[jfgaudreault]

Hi,

I would like to have a transparent window with a TransparentFlashPlayerControl on it so that I can see trough the window but with flash animation playing transparently; but I would also like to be able to overlay other normal Delphi components on the form/window such as TButton, bitmaps, an embedded browser control, etc...

However it does not seem to work as everything becomes transparent when I set MakeParentTransparent to true.

Is there a way to do what I'm trying to do?

Thanks,
Jean-Frederic

[coolshadow]

May be you can put your button into the flash, and then use flashcall or fscommand to do something.

[Softanics]

Jean-Frederic,

You need a different alpha for different pixels of a window? Or you just need, for example, 50% transparency for a whole window?

Thank you.

[jfgaudreault]

I need a different alpha for each pixel... that is the problem.

I found a way to actually have set the background to transparent or not (0 or 1), by setting a transparent background color on the form; but it looks ugly for for flash animation with semi transparency alpha... and I need pixel based alpha transparency anyway.

[jfgaudreault]

May be you can put your button into the flash, and then use flashcall or fscommand to do something.

I was thinking about that also, but there are too many visual controls that I would like to use in Delphi. The best would be able to use both (flash controls and Delphi controls).

[Softanics]

Unfortunaly, layered windows (f-in-box uses such windows to achieve transparent effect) don't show childs controls, this is a windows limitation.

Thank you.