Thanks Tim & Mark. I was guessing Tk too but hoping it would work since the Tkinter alpha parameter for toplevel windows doesn't work and it seems sparsely documented. I was hoping it was something wrong with the way I was calling it. I'll hit up the tkinter list to see if others have had better luck.
Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Roberts Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:20 AM To: python-win32@python.org Subject: Re: [python-win32] Transparent Windows - API failure On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 18:32:30 -0500, "Metz, Bobby W, WWCS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All, > This is my first attempt with setting transparent backgrounds, >so probably simple error. I've had some success making Notepad >transparent, but am getting no results against a Tkinter window. Also, >any workaround to using SetLayeredWindowAttributes on Win2000? I >noticed in the docs it's not in win32gui to prevent issues with NT? > SetLayeredWindowAttributes depends on having the target window respond in a standard way to the normal window messages. Tk does ALL of its own drawing -- every single pixel. It doesn't use the native OS UI services for anything. My guess is THAT'S why SetLayeredWindowAttributes fails. You may have to wait until Vista to get transparent Tk windows. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
