Transparent background - mIRC Discussion Forums

How can I make only the background transparent? Also I want to make my window's background image transparent but not having to be a desktop window. Is there a dll for this or something?

TDialog.dll: http://www.mircscripts.org/download.php?id=2205&type=5

Screenshot: http://i9.fastpic.ru/big/2010/0907/18/f59cd568aff78371f2ac6be8ba474418.png

Main script:

Code:

alias conky {
  var %rgb = $conky::rgb
  window -Cdpw0 +dL @conky -1 -1 $window(-1).w $window(-1).h
  drawfill -r @conky %rgb %rgb 0 0
  dll TDialog.dll TDColor $window(@conky).hwnd > 0 > %rgb
}
alias conky::rgb {
  var %R = $base(FB,16,10)
  var %G = $base(11,16,10)
  var %B = $base(D2,16,10)
  return $rgb(%R,%G,%B)
}
on *:START: {
  conky
}

and.. drawing anything!
/example_time

Code:

alias example_time {
  var %rgb = $conky::rgb
  drawrect -rf @conky %rgb 0 30 20 $width($time,Verdana,30) $height($time,Verdana,30)
  drawtext -r @conky $rgb(255,255,255) Verdana 30 30 20 $time
  if (!$timer(example_time)) .timerexample_time 0 1 example_time
}

Does this work on channels, queries and general chat windows?

I'm trying to get a transparent background for those.

Originally Posted By: ELITEeNergizer

Does this work on channels, queries and general chat windows?

of course. what is background of channel windows? white?

Code:

dll TDialog.dll TDColor $window(#).hwnd > 0 > $rgb(255,255,255)

or $rgb(0,0,0) if black.. thats simple

//dll TDialog.dll TDColor $window($active).hwnd > 0 > $rgb(255,255,255)
Aint working, the transparency isn't changing

Also I want it to work without it having to be a desktop window.

But the transparency doesn't even change when I make it a desktop window.

Does it not work with windows 7?

$window(-2).hwnd for main mIRC window

I want the window to be transparent so I can see my background which would be the red circled area.

http://i53.tinypic.com/fkn0pv.png

Windows does not support transparency in MDI windows, so that is not possible. Transparency is only supported on desktop windows.

Thanks for the reply. Alright so it's impossible for making a dll to do it. But it's possible for it to be implemented in the future by mIRC? Right?

Originally Posted By: Khaled

Windows does not support transparency in MDI windows, so that is not possible.

As long as Windows doesn't support it, there's really no way for mIRC to support it. You should bug Microsoft :P

Originally Posted By: Khaled

Windows does not support transparency in MDI windows, so that is not possible. Transparency is only supported on desktop windows.

Can i still create transparent desktop window (not dialog) using this .dll? I need window without borders and title!