Hmm I wouldn't say it before checking samples. I remember I saw foxhead with the rest of form was transparent (well not transparent really -you can click on the form behind-, it was doable with winapi before VFP9 and 8 and I think the winAPI code exists here on downloads).
Cetin

>Thanks Bernard!
>I will check it.
>
>>You cannot make only a part of the form transparent. It is either the complete form or not at all. This includes the form, and all controls it contains. The sample is part of the VFP sample.app in:
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>>c:\VFP\Samples\Sample.app
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>>However
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>>You could simulate this effect though by using an Alphachannel PNG.
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>>See:
>>http://weblogs.foxite.com/bernardbout/archive/2006/09/11/2436.aspx
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>>for a way to simulate a transparent area of a "form"