making a label Semi Transparent in VB6

[kani jami]

How can i make a label semi transparent in VB6?

[PsychoCoder]

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[kani jami]

i have tried alot
am trying to have a label with semi transparent background on top of a picture box ,but the Label control in VB6.0 has only two options for the Label's back Style either Transparent(full transparent) or Opaque(fully solid) ,and neither one can server me well

[CyberSoftHari]

There is no use of making label semi transparent. You can use a form for semi transparent. Try with below declarations.

Private Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal _
crKey As Long, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Boolean
 
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
 
Const LWA_ALPHA = 2
Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000