SAMPLE: TRANSBLT Demonstrates Bitmaps with Transparency

 Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q97365
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

Bitmaps with Transparency

Ron Gery Microsoft Developer Network Technology Group

ABSTRACT

This article discusses several methods for performing transparency and masking effects with bitmaps in the Microsoft Windows graphical environment, both through simulations and by using special driver functionality. Included is a small sample application, TRANSBLT, that demonstrates most of the techniques discussed in this article.

TRANSBLT performs transparency and masking effects on bitmaps.

Download TRANSBLT.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download TRANSBLT.EXE (size: 35894 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get TRANSBLT.EXE (size: 35894 bytes)

Additional reference words: 3.10 softlib TRANSBLT.EXE
KBCategory: kbprg kbfile
KBSubcategory: GdiBmp

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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