Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-20 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks Dixie! Just what I was looking for! I really, really appreciate it! Cheers from Florida, - Boo -Original Message- From: John Dixon Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:05 PM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: RE: Transparent window example? Keith... Have a look at

RE: Transparent window example?

2011-10-20 Thread John Dixon
Keith... Have a look at this, I think it might help... http://www.runrev.com/developers/lessons-and-tutorials/tutorials/advanced-inks-windows/ Dixie > From: ke...@gulfbreezeortholab.com > To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Subject: Re: Transparent window example? > Date: Thu, 20

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-20 Thread Richmond Mathewson
th it, but the object seems to inherit the blendlevel of the stack... Even when setting an object's blendlevel to 0. Thanks, - Boo -Original Message- From: Klaus on-rev Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:08 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Transparent window example? Hi

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-20 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
blendlevel of the stack... Even when setting an object's blendlevel to 0. Thanks, - Boo -Original Message- From: Klaus on-rev Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:08 AM To: How to use LiveCode Subject: Re: Transparent window example? Hi Keith, Am 19.10.2011 um 12:25 schrieb Keith

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-19 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks for the information B.! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > It has been done before. To have a stack that is only partially see trough, > you need to set the windowshape. Obviously a windowShape is not resizable per > se. But, and that's what y

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-19 Thread Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab)
Thanks Klaus. And some of this can seem like rocket science to newbies. :-) Everything is relative... ;-) - Boo Sent from my iPhone On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Am 19.10.2011 um 12:25 schrieb Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab): > >> Hi All, >> >> Would anyone

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-19 Thread Björnke von Gierke
It has been done before. To have a stack that is only partially see trough, you need to set the windowshape. Obviously a windowShape is not resizable per se. But, and that's what you can do, it's possible to set the windowShape repeatedly to simulate animations and movements. So you'd need to s

Re: Transparent window example?

2011-10-19 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Keith, Am 19.10.2011 um 12:25 schrieb Keith (Gulf Breeze Ortho Lab): > Hi All, > > Would anyone be able to provide an example of how to make a transparent > window that is resizable? To clarify, a window that looks like a see-through > box. The borders of the window need to be visible, and