Cheat Engine

Deine Mutter

Hello,
I am trying to set up a form with an transparent client area. For this purpose I use the TransparenyKey attribute. But when the client area is transparent, the MouseMove event does not work anymore. So is there a way make the form transparent without losing MouseMove? I could use a global mouse hook which computes the screen coordinates into client coordinates, but i think there must be an easier way.

AhMunRa · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject:

Someone with a similar problem has posted and gotten a few solutions.

http://bytes.com/topic/c-sharp/answers/578178-transparent-form-intercepts-mouse-events

atom0s · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject:

If you are looking to do some type of glassy effect or still have full proper control of the client area, you might want to take a look into DWM. Keep in mind it would require your application to be ran on Vista/Win7 then.

Some good reads for this subject:
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/Vista-Glass-In-C.aspx
http://bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2006/10/05/4495.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163435.aspx

If you are looking to just adjust the transparency overall, then you might want to look into:
SetWindowLayerAttributes
UpdateLayeredWindow

Deine Mutter · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:09 am Post subject:

Thank you for your answers. I decided to use a timer which translates the coordinates to client coordinates. I know, that is not a nice solution, but it works perfectly for my purpose.
Project is finished: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xlDMsVHRIw Mr. Green

Pingo · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:22 pm Post subject:

Cool bot, is it open source?