From d637430584de3c92b4ad46c7af14c5ab81310456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 02:46:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test app for TLW transparency

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/branches/WX_2_8_BRANCH@45878 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
---
 wxPython/tests/test_transparentFrame.py | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 wxPython/tests/test_transparentFrame.py

diff --git a/wxPython/tests/test_transparentFrame.py b/wxPython/tests/test_transparentFrame.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c785b5055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxPython/tests/test_transparentFrame.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import wx
+
+class Frame(wx.Frame):
+    def __init__(self):
+        wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Am I transparent?")
+        self.amount = 255
+        self.delta = -3
+
+        p = wx.Panel(self)
+        self.st = wx.StaticText(p, -1, str(self.amount), (25,25))
+        self.st.SetFont(wx.Font(18, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.NORMAL))
+
+        self.timer = wx.Timer(self)
+        self.timer.Start(25)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, self.AlphaCycle)
+
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow)
+
+
+    def OnCloseWindow(self, evt):
+        self.timer.Stop()
+        del self.timer
+        self.Destroy()
+
+
+    def AlphaCycle(self, evt):
+        self.amount += self.delta
+        if self.amount == 0 or self.amount == 255:
+            self.delta = -self.delta
+        self.st.SetLabel(str(self.amount))
+
+        # Note that we no longer need to use ctypes or win32api to
+        # make transparent windows, however I'm not removing the
+        # MakeTransparent code from this sample as it may be helpful
+        # for somebody someday.
+        #self.MakeTransparent(self.amount)
+
+        # Instead we'll just call the SetTransparent method
+        self.SetTransparent(self.amount)
+        
+
+    def MakeTransparent(self, amount):
+        hwnd = self.GetHandle()
+        try:
+            import ctypes
+            _winlib = ctypes.windll.user32
+            style = _winlib.GetWindowLongA(hwnd, 0xffffffecL)
+            style |= 0x00080000
+            _winlib.SetWindowLongA(hwnd, 0xffffffecL, style)
+            _winlib.SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, 0, amount, 2)
+            
+        except ImportError:
+            import win32api, win32con, winxpgui
+            _winlib = win32api.LoadLibrary("user32")
+            pSetLayeredWindowAttributes = win32api.GetProcAddress(
+                _winlib, "SetLayeredWindowAttributes")
+            if pSetLayeredWindowAttributes == None:
+                return
+            exstyle = win32api.GetWindowLong(hwnd, win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE)
+            if 0 == (exstyle & 0x80000):
+                win32api.SetWindowLong(hwnd,
+                                       win32con.GWL_EXSTYLE,
+                                       exstyle | 0x80000)           
+            winxpgui.SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, 0, amount, 2)
+
+
+            
+app = wx.App(False)
+frm = Frame()
+frm.Show()
+app.MainLoop()