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. _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
