"thowle" <tho***@brtc.net> wrote in message
news:3AC5AE70-6064-401F-97E7-435D0BB3163C@microsoft.com...
> Okay, here is what I have, I designed a GUI that has rounded edges at the
top
> (left and right).  I want them to be transparent (Like Windows XP is when
you
> have the Luna themes enabled).
>
> The only problem is... well, it's not working.
>
> I've tried everything I know, save the PNG with transparency, and saving
as
> a BMP and making it the form background then making the transparent key
the
> background color..  I did get it to work once, when I set the transparency
> key to BLACK.. that made it so that it worked right, the only problem was
the
> controltext, etc was all transparent... so really, that didnt work.
>
> I want it also so that when you move the form around, the transparent
places
> dont stay static to what was in the background before you moved it...  A
> perfect example of this is well, a normal sized window in Windows XP with
> luna styles enables.. move it around, notice how the top edges are curved
and
> are transparent.
>
>
> Please help.  Contact me at 'thowle at elwoh dot com' if you wish.
>
> Thanks,
> Travis