Make Internet Explorer Transparent

Category:

System/API

Type:

Snippets

Difficulty:

Beginning

Author:

Anonymous

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic 5

More information:

This sub procedure and system functions will make Internet Explorer transparent, making it possible to see either your desktop, or other windows you have open. The application needs a timer (Timer1) set to 3 seconds. As long as the application is running, any IE windows opened there after will be transparent.

Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.

Declarations:
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long Private Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal crey As Byte, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long Private Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long Private Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20) Private Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000 Private Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20& Private Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2&

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