Special FX - The TRANSLUCENCY property

This new property applies to all top-level windows and dialog boxes (but not MDI child windows) and allows you to set the translucency of a form based on a simple percentage amount, "0" being fully opaque and "100" being fully transparent.

[caption id="attachment_667" align="aligncenter" width="441"] Form with TRANSLUCENCY of 20[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_668" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Form with a TRANSLUCENCY of 50[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="442"] FORM with a TRANSLUCENCY of 80[/caption]

Check out the excellent PAINT.NET application for a good example of using this effect where supporting modeless dialog boxes are rendered translucent when not active.

[Edit: 01 Feb 13 - property renamed to TRANSLUCENCY from TRANSPARENCY]

(Disclaimer: This article is based on preliminary information and may be subject to change in the final release version of OpenInsight 10).

Is transluceny === transparency? If so why not that name if not why not?

Ever so slightly easier for me to pronounce.