Alpha Blended/Partially Transparent txtMyChat [EO]

[ark0n]

Alrighty guys.
So I'm bored right now so i decided to Teach you guys how to make a Alpha Blended txtMyChat in EO.
W/O EXPLANATIONS

Step 1:
Alright, so first make a Module called modAlphaBlending , Copy and Paste the following code inside of it.
```

Option Base 0
Option Compare Text
Option Explicit

Public Type OSVERSIONINFO
    dwOSVersionInfoSize                    As Long  ' 32
    dwMajorVersion                          As Long  ' 32
    dwMinorVersion                          As Long  ' 32
    dwBuildNumber                          As Long  ' 32
    dwPlatformId                            As Long  ' 32
    szCSDVersion                            As String * 128
End Type

Public Const GWL_EXSTYLE                    As Long = (-20)
Public Const LWA_ALPHA                      As Long = &H2
Public Const WS_EX_LAYERED                  As Long = &H80000

Public Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32.dll" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function GetVersionEx Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetVersionExA" (lpVersionInformation As OSVERSIONINFO) As Long
Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32.dll" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal crKey As Long, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

```
Step 2:
So, after you have created modAlphaBlending than go to frmMainGame and make the PicScreen 640x480.
Step 3:
Than, move the txtMyChat and txtChat over the PicScreen. Theres a ScreenShot of what it should look like below.
Step 4: Add the Code to form Load

WILL BE FINISHED LATER, I WILL FINISH THIS LATER TODAY!

[peekay]

cant see any screenshot.. would be nice to see what it looks like

[balliztik1]

It says it'll be finished later. There's no screenshot because he's not done.

[Helladen]

Question: What does Alpha Blending Chat do?

[ark0n]

It basically makes the ChatBox Transparent, but im about to go to bed,  i got a big day tommarow, i'll finish it when i get home tommarow.

[Robin]

Transparency isn't done through alpha blending. Translucency is.

Your code has nothing to do with alpha blending.

[Joyce]

Small detail, why post something you haven't even finished yet in the first place? :huh:

[mrmiguu]

Alpha blending (like Robin said) is not just transparency. You need to be able to see the main chat box, but see through it (the game graphics but tinted).

[StorN]

Akio, please … Continue turtorial

[Robin]

It's not a tutorial, it's just Akio copy and pasting stuff from someone's website. Completely useless.