Script function
world.Transparency
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Type
Method
Summary
Sets the transparency of the main MUSHclient window under Windows XP
Prototype
boolean Transparency(long Key, short Amount);
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Description
Under Windows XP or later operating systems, you can make the MUSHclient window semi-transparent, so that the underlying windows "show through". Under Windows NT/2000/95/98/ME this function does nothing.
Key: specifies the transparency colour key to be used when composing the layered window. All pixels painted by the window in this color will be transparent. This is an RGB code, you can use ColourNameToRGB to convert a name to RGB.
If the key is -1 then there is no colour key.
Amount: the amount of transparency for other colours, in the range 0 to 255. If outside this range the number will be coerced into it.
WARNING
Drawing transparent windows may slow down the program, as the operating system has to render to an off-screen bitmap and copy to the main window. This slow-down may not be obvious on fast PCs.
Available in MUSHclient version 3.83 onwards.
VBscript example
Transparency -1, 127 ' Make everything 50% transparent
Transparency 0, 255 ' Black is transparent, everything else is full intensity
Lua example
Transparency (-1, 127) -- Make everything 50% transparent
Transparency (0, 255) -- Black is transparent, everything else is full intensity
Transparency (ColourNameToRGB ("red"), 64) -- Red is transparent, everything else is 25% transparent
Return value
On success, returns true.
On failure, returns false (eg. under Windows 95).
See Also ...
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