Possibly, but the JDesktopPane would still need to be visible (to contain the internal 
frame, right?)

Regards,
John

John Ghidiu
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-----Original Message-----
From: anthony winner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 17:39
To: JDJList
Subject: [jdjlist] Re: Transparent Frame


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
>
>
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