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RE: Transparency?


  • Subject: RE: Transparency?
  • From: "Huyler, Christopher M" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:32:15 -0400
  • Thread-topic: Transparency?

When I lower the alpha number, the rectangle gets darker. An alpha
value of 0.0 (which should be completely transparent right?) comes out
as a black square.

-----Original Message-----
From: J Nozzi [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:26 AM
To: Huyler, Christopher M
Subject: Re: Transparency?


Try a lower alpha. Like 0.5 ... Your screen may not be calibrated
correctly (or close enough) to actually show any transparency with such
a slight transparency setting. The lower the alpha number, the more
transparency.

- J


On Apr 21, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Huyler, Christopher M wrote:

> The Installer.app program has a cool looking transparency effect where
> it has a slightly transparent white box, then the background image,
> then
> finally the striped background of the window. How do I do this in
> cocoa?
>
> I started by sub-classing an NSBox and rewriting the drawRect
function:
>
> - (void) drawRect:(NSRect) frame
> {
> NSRect rect=[self frame];
> [super drawRect:frame];
> rect.origin=NSMakePoint(1,1);
> rect.size.width-=2;
> rect.size.height-=2;
>
> [[NSColor colorWithCalibratedWhite:1.0 alpha:0.9] set ];
> NSRectFill(rect);
> }
>
> However, the box does not end up being transparent. Instead it is just
> off-white. Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> --
> Christopher Huyler
> Computer Associates Intl.
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