Как создать полупрозрачное окно?
Очень просто.
Вот это в модуль:
Public Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal crKey As Long, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Public Const LWA_COLORKEY = &H1
Public Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2
Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Public Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000
Public Sub SetTransparent(hWnd As Long, Layered As Byte)
Dim Ret As Long
Ret = GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
Ret = Ret Or WS_EX_LAYERED
SetWindowLong hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, Ret
SetLayeredWindowAttributes hWnd, 0, Layered, LWA_ALPHA
End Sub
А вот это на форму:
SetTransparent Me.hWnd, 100
где 100 - прозрачность(0-255)
Ну вот и все.