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this code uses the drawText API to make a modal form as a windows custom messagebox. the transparency (0-255) can be applied for 2 kinds of forms -a top level form - any form with showWindow=0,1 but mandatory with the poperty form.desktop=.t. i used this...

The drawText APi studied in previous post can draw a formatted text on any window surface. It can be ANSI (drawtext or DrawtextA) or Unicode(DrawTextW). A top level form is used here as tooltip fired on mouseEnter event on a control and destoyed on MouseLeave...

The drawText APi have some explanations in this MSDN link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162498%28v=vs.85%29.aspx its very usefull when you want to format a text (ANSI orR Unicode) in a given area. The DrawText function draws...

The wallpaper is a screen backgroung image set by the system with the API SystemParametersInfo Its becomes a system image (a num is affected to it by the system). This code set a folder of images and play them with a timer as a wallpaper sequentially...

Herman Tan ownerdrawn menu (2005- last updated published 2006-2008) can be downloaded from this link: http://hermantan.blogspot.com/2006/09/updated-ownerdrawn-menu-class.html first version can be seen in https://www.universalthread.com/ViewPageArticle.aspx?ID=476...

Inside Foxpro system can Assign easily Access Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts As you create a menu system, you should consider ease of access to the system, and you must assign tasks to the system. You must give menus and menu items tasks to perform, such...

In visual foxpro the only control having a windows handle (hwnd) is the form.The transparency can then be applied and monitoring only to this window. Some Controls have the backstyle property (0,1) but cannot control the transparency. The backstyle Specifies...

Regions are used in common windows advanced tasks and are defined in gdi32 library. they are also used in gdiplusX with paths,drawing,... see this link http://yousfi.over-blog.com/2015/02/gdiplusx-effects-operations-on-images.html can see the functions...

This code use Mspaint as child window of a top level form. i cut the titlebar and position the window on the form with setWindowPos API. The MSPAint menu and toolbars are all enabled and work.The only one problem was the QUIT command in mspaint who closes...

Any windows appstarts with puting an icon on taskbar.This icon gives a windows system menu (maximize, close,size...) This code makes any application icon hidden from the taskbar when running. can visit MSDN https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff700543%28v=vs.85%29.aspx...