Doug, Canvas.Brush.Style:=bsClear;
The Windows API way to do this is: SetBkMode(hdc, TRANSPARENT); Glenn Lawler www.incodesystems.com -----Original Message----- From: advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:advanced_del...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of black68cougar Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 10:47 AM To: advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com Subject: [advanced_delphi] Transparent Color I am writing text on a canvas with Canvas.TextOut. Is there a color Value I can set Canvas.Brush.Color which will provide a transparent background showing what is already on the canvas as the background to the text being written? Thanks, Doug
