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    Add control array item to control array picturebox @ runtime

    On my form, I want to have 1 picturebox control, 1 textbox control, 1 checkbox control, 1 option control, etc. All of the controls will be set to index 0, so I can load them as control arrays at runtime. What I want then, is to be able to say "Ok, textbox(20), you should exist inside...
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    Semi-Transparent picturebox on a transparent form

    Hello All, I have a transparent form. And i need to place a semi transparent picturebox on this transparent form. My problem is that I set the picturebox as being semi-transparent but for some reason you can't even slightly see what is behind the form. Please, please help. here is the code so...
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    Speaker Volume meter

    I need to monitor the speaker and mic output and input respectively and draw it onto a VU meter. I have some code to check the mic level, however i can't work out how to check the speaker level. I need to do it without using the peakmeter API, as many sound cards don't support this. Can anyone...
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    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    Novel idea, draw straight on the form? Am i heading in the right direction However, if you click on the form, you click onto the items beneath the form. The problem will arise when i want to draw to a specific position on the form and i can't click it
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    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    Okay now i'm confused. How do i make the picturebox in the form transparent then?
  6. SpiroChronis

    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    Sorry that didn't make a whole lot of sense. What i meant was the code you gave me makes the form transparent rather than the picturebox. What do i need to do to make the picturebox transparent?
  7. SpiroChronis

    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    This is fantastic, however it make the form opaque rather than the picturebox? What do i need to do to make just the picturebox transparent
  8. SpiroChronis

    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    Okay, is there an example you could give me. I am trying this but it doesn't seem to work! 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"...
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    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    I originally used the setlayeredWindowAttributes API call, it worked fine, however autoredraw needed to be off. I need autoredraw on. Another problem i encountered was that it doesn't work with windows 98! Is there maybe a component i could use? I have been tearing my hair out trying to...
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    TRASPARENT TEXTBOX

    if you can answer this question consider yourself a legend. i have a picturebox situated over a webbrowsing component. I need the picturebox to be transparent while still maintaining autoredraw=true. Basically i want it to appear as though i am drawing over the webbrowser content. I have...

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