i saw a couple of works by a team...where the main dialog box opened from a point......

i mean froma point to the dialog box....

i was wondering how does one proceed to attain this !

thanx

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mess around with the "AnimateWindow"

The AnimateWindow function enables you to produce special effects when showing or hiding windows. There are three types of animation: roll, slide, and alpha-blended fade.

_http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/windowing/windows/windowreference/windowfunctions/animatewindow.asp

heres an example

invoke AnimateWindow,hWnd,1000,AW_CENTER+AW_ACTIVATE
invoke AnimateWindow,hWnd,1000,AW_CENTER+AW_HIDE

an example app using this method

hhh.rar

Source here

Animate.rar

I hope this helps

also dont forget you can change how long it takes it to expand/shrink

invoke AnimateWindow,hWnd,1999,AW_CENTER+AW_ACTIVATE  - Slow
invoke AnimateWindow,hWnd,199,AW_CENTER+AW_ACTIVATE  -Fast

Edited September 25, 200618 yr by KrUeGeR

Also try the SetLayeredWindowAttribute API, it will fade in/out smoother than AnimateWindow if used in a loop.

Thanx all....

Animate window is kool to play around with

btw....When using AnimateWindow the transparent buttons are not handled well and are drawn as visible in the foreground.

is there anyway to handle this situation !

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Try using RedrawWindow with the RDW_UPDATENOW flag before u call AnimateWindow.

nice one, thanks

Edited September 30, 200618 yr by tieulong