Thanks, I didn't knew that.

>I want to point out that this only works in atop level form
>
>Peter
>
>>>How to make vfp form transparent?
>>>
>>>I already saw the sample ship with vfp9, but it does not explain well enough.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thank.
>>
>>Transperancy of the form will run only in Win2K ro later. You can't set transperancy in Win98, NT or ME.
>>Here how you can set it (stolen from Solution Samples :o)))
>>
>>

>>*** Form Init Event
>>
>>#define BADOS_LOC    "This sample only runs on Windows 2000 or higher."
>>#define FORM_OPAQUE          255
>>#define FORM_FULLTRANSPERANT 0
>>#define FORM_HALFTRANSPERANT 127 && Almost half :o)
>>
>>IF VAL(OS(3))<5
>>    MESSAGEBOX(BADOS_LOC)
>>    RETURN .F.
>>ENDIF
>>DECLARE SetWindowLong              In Win32Api AS _Sol_SetWindowLong Integer, Integer, Integer
>>DECLARE SetLayeredWindowAttributes In Win32Api AS _Sol_SetLayeredWindowAttributes Integer, String, Integer, Integer
>>
>>_Sol_SetWindowLong(THISFORM.hWnd, -20, 0x00080000)
>>_Sol_SetLayeredWindowAttributes(THISFORM.hWnd, 0, FORM_OPAQUE, 2)  && Opaque form
>>
>>*** or
>>_Sol_SetLayeredWindowAttributes(THISFORM.hWnd, 0, FORM_FULLTRANSPERANT, 2)  && Full Transperant form
>>
>>*** or
>>_Sol_SetLayeredWindowAttributes(THISFORM.hWnd, 0, FORM_HALFTRANSPERANT, 2)
>>

>>
>>If you run the Solution Sample Example you will see how these functions are used in Change Event of Slider control (Olecontrol1).