But wouldn't the glass panel need to be put in a window or frame? Regards, John
John Ghidiu Benderson Development Company Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (716) 878-9376 -----Original Message----- From: David Nickel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 00:40 To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Transparent Frame Can't you use a glass pane ( JPanel) for what you want to do? anthony winner wrote: > I THINK this is possible to do with a JInternalFrame, without all of > the decorations, (min/max/exit/border/...) > > Cheers, > Anthony > > John Ghidiu wrote: > >> Hmm... I would be skeptical, as well. From what I have read, frames >> must be opaque: >> >> >> >> http://www.jguru.com/forums/view.jsp?EID=413716 >> >> >> >> I have yet to confirm this in the JavaDoc's, but it seems reasonable. >> I toyed with taking snapshots of the desktop and painting the >> background of the frame with those snapshots, but there are some >> issues with windows under the frame. I also looked at using 3rd party >> software to make windows transparent: >> >> >> >> http://www.codeproject.com/w2k/trans.asp >> >> http://www.stardock.net/media/mediakit_winfx.html >> >> >> >> But making a Java application become transparent (using W2K API >> calls) does not seem to work too well (lots of flashing and broken >> paint() methods). >> >> >> >> I also tried subclassing JFrame and using an AlphaComposite to draw >> the background. No good there, either. >> >> >> >> Although it is interesting, I do not know if it can be done. If you >> do happen to find a way, please let me know! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> John Ghidiu >> Benderson Development Company Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> (716) 878-9376 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Bodenschatz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:37 >> To: JDJList >> Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Transparent Frame >> >> It was transparent. As the application behind it changed you could >> see the change through the transparent frame. >> >> John Ghidiu wrote: >> >> Was it transparent, or did it just have a snapshot of the >> screen as its background? >> >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> John Ghidiu >> Benderson Development Company Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> (716) 878-9376 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Zlatko Kostadinov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 03:23 >> To: JDJList >> Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Transparent Frame >> >> I heard that it is possible with jdk1.4 and only on OS >> that support transparecy. Maybe u have to check in the new >> swing features... >> >> >> Regards >> >> Zlatko >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From:John Bodenschatz <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: JDJList <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 5:12 AM >> >> Subject: [jdjlist] Transparent Frame >> >> >> Does anyone know how to take a JFrame and make the >> entire frame translucent (see through)? I saw a >> custom application that did this. The developer said >> that it was 100% Java and no native code was written >> for it. They also would not point me in the direction >> of how to do this so I'm sceptical if it was really >> 100% Java. >> >> I have looked at the ColorModel class but don't see >> any way to set the transparent information. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> New! SBC Yahoo! Dial >> >> ><http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/sbcyahoo/consumer/evt=640/*http://sbc.yahoo.com> > >> >> - 1st Month Free & unlimited access To change your >> membership options, refer to: >> http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm >> >> To change your membership options, refer to: >> http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm >> To change your membership options, refer to: >> http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm >> >> >> YBIC - John 6:54 >> John Bodenschatz >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> AIM screen name jcbode1 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> New! SBC Yahoo! Dial >> >> ><http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/sbcyahoo/consumer/evt=640/*http://sbc.yahoo.com> > >> >> - 1st Month Free & unlimited access To change your membership >> options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm >> >> To change your membership options, refer to: >> http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > > > > > > > To change your membership options, refer to: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
