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Make desktop icon text background transparent!

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Submitted on: 8/22/2000 12:33:36 AM
By: em   
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 23 Users
Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0

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     Ever wanted to make the butt ugly block of colour behind desktop icon's text disappear through code? well, now you can! I searched the net hi and low for VB code to do this but to no avail, so I wrote this. To my knowledge it's the FIRST EVER VB code for this, so check it out. It's only been tested on Win 9x & Win ME. Take a peek at my site at http://www.em.f2s.com if you like this code. Hope you learn something =)

 
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8/22/2000 1:12:46 AM:Pure
=) Thanx for the code BTW whats the 
backround picture ;)
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8/22/2000 1:13:06 AM:M3741
You need that color so that you could 
see what the text says because most 
people have background graphics. But, 
this is a good idea anyways and a since 
it is the first of its kind.   -Metal
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8/22/2000 2:37:36 AM::: em ::
heh, Pure, if you wanna see that pic go 
to my site n click on the eye candy 
button :)
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8/22/2000 7:32:26 AM:Atilla Duran
nice......
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8/22/2000 10:21:26 AM:Steve
Please post your backgound 
picture.
;-)
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8/22/2000 10:21:33 AM:Steve
Please post your background 
picture.
;-)
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8/22/2000 10:22:41 AM:Steve
It will only work with ActiveDesktop 
disabled... Anyone knows why ?
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8/22/2000 10:43:00 AM:Kenneth
Nice been looking for this for a long 
time to. Only thing I can find that 
needs improvement is if you refresh the 
desktop it goes back the way it was 
also if an association was mase it goes 
back but thats from the desktop getting 
refreshed again. But good work.
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8/22/2000 5:42:06 PM:Biofreak
This doesn't work in windows 2k. Good 
work though.
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8/22/2000 6:56:56 PM::: em ::
Just to anwser some ?'s...you can find 
that pic at my site, it's christy 
turlington, read my reply to Pure 
above. To kenneth: to make it stay 
transparent you'd need to subclass the 
form and make it intercept and react to 
the WM_SETREDRAW message
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8/27/2000 5:27:48 AM:Jolyon Bloomfield
An interesting bit of code.
On 
Planet-Source-Code somewhere else in 
the VB section, there's code that 
changes another of the properties of 
that list control; the only difference 
here is the message that's sent.
But a 
good piece of code anyway.
Well done
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9/13/2000 8:15:32 PM:Sycho
Well to clear this up, it works perfect 
in Win 2K. Plus it works just fine with 
Active Desktop on too.
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9/29/2000 8:15:56 AM:bbuskey
It does work on NT 4, SP6a AND Windows 
2000 Pro SP1.  I tested on both.
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9/29/2000 6:22:29 PM:twister
Excellent, works on NT Server 4.0 sp6a
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9/29/2000 8:36:34 PM:Brian T
It works nice, but for me when you 
select an icon then select another one, 
the previous one stays blue in the 
background...  But otherwise, nice code!
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10/1/2000 2:45:52 PM:xvaporx
great code bro. I've been looking for 
this for a few weeks. I'll be checking 
out your site. Oh and is there a way 
that you can execute this program at 
start up by putting the program in the 
start folder and having it minimize 
itself and to they trayicon by the time 
and clicking the "make transparent" 
button when Windows98 starts up?
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10/6/2000 8:50:49 AM:opello
Actually, I have modified this program 
to use a tray icon, and to put itself 
in the Run section of the registry, so 
it will start up every time.  I haven't 
worked out all bugs yet (i don't think 
anyway) ... mail me, and I'll send it 
to you zipped.  Also, author, if you 
want it, I can send it, just mail me 
first :)
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10/20/2000 6:30:38 AM:Michiel
Great effort!
Been adding some stuff 
like GUI, colorpicker and command 
parameter. Source and screenschot at 
http://home.kiszer.net/~michiel/DesktopI
consTrans.exe
(WinRar self-extract 
exe)
TODO: subclassing desktop 
refresh.
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11/12/2000 9:22:38 AM:Loreno Heer
Have you rewritten the java sample-code 
from microsoft. There was a code who 
also allows to change the 
desktop-listbox-style, I've tried a 
long time to write the same in vb. Good 
work!
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