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Re: [WIN32LIB] Transparent Labels

• Posted by Greg Haberek <g.haberek at comcast.net> Mar 10, 2003
• 586 views

Create your OWN label! Look into PatRat's Transparent Window Library, I believe
it's in the
Archive. Use this to create a small transparent window, then use wPuts() to put
the text on the
label only during an onPaint event, to minimize flickering. I believe this
should work, although
I've never tried it.


----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Beaty <t_beaty at mchsi.com>
Subject: [WIN32LIB] Transparent Labels



Hello everyone!

I have a quick question.  I am working on a project, but not in Euphoria
due to the fact that I haven't been able to create a transparent label
using win32lib.ew.  The basic idea is that the main form has, as a
background, an image.  The labels are placed on top of this image, and
ideally, the image would be seen through the label, so that the text
would appear to be written directly on top of the background image.
 Yes, I suppose I could use putsw to write the text directly on the form
using wPuts(), but I am worried about a "flashing" effect, as most of
the text would need to be updated once per second, and a few every 1/8
second, so this might be a little better achieved via a transparent
label and setText().

I've been able to do this with Borland C++, using VCL and transparent
labels, but I would much, MUCH rather write this application in Euphoria.

Any ideas?


Travis Beaty
Mason City, Iowa



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