gtrz Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 (edited) Running ME, completely patched with all official updates using an ATI AIW 7500 (which is DX7 I believe?), but of course running DX 9.0c, I can't get transparency. I have tried a lot of the unnoficial patches too, but same result. I have also installed as much of my Stardock stuff too, and some of that won't even run e.g. ObjectDock, WindowFX . Is this just the way it is for 9x or possibly just because of my DX7 card? Are transparency and "alpha blending?" interchangable terms? I must add there actually is one form of transparency that I have and that would be the see-through window/desktop that tv has using MMC 8.9. But this would use maybe a different overlay or proprietary routine or something? Using ATI Hydravision, the Hydra effects tab is not there. Anyway, jump in anywhere you want I'm just rambling now.. ,oh I forgot to mention that I also use this little app called Simply Transparent that gives my icon labels see through as long as I use bmp's and don't use active desktop, forgot about that one. Edited March 22, 2007 by gtrz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tihiy Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 No. Windows 9x/Me ui API does not have transparency support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrz Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 shame.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasinwa Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 (edited) there was a program called Xrun, I think (not the linux xrun but for W98).....had it a while ago and had a hd crash and lost it....could never find it again (could find skins for it!). It was running in a transparent mode and you could adjust transparency in 98SE.It used a module called alphablend.dll to get it's transparency. At the time I was trying to get another freeware author to use it for transparency, I tried contacting the originator of the alphablend.dll file but never got a response.I still have the alphablend.dll file if nayone is interested....maybe a google will find info on it, too.Here is the skin page...funny enough, no skins now! http://www.skinbase.org/app.php?name=xrunbut here are some: http://www.skinbase.org/section.php?sections=xrunHere is the author's page, but as noted, he/she never responded: http://methodik.pixelarmy.org/doku.php Edited March 23, 2007 by jasinwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidenk Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 You can have a look at that as well :http://www.cylog.org/utils_4.asphttp://www.cylog.org/graphics_3.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Thank God transparency isn't possible in Win9x. It's bad for usability and pointless use of resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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