Codejock Developer Community : SOLVED: Crash W2K with transparent pane http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:45:06 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:28:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=14425 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[SOLVED: Crash W2K with transparent pane : Thanks. I think this is the reason...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14425&PID=49567&title=solved-crash-w2k-with-transparent-pane#49567 Author: chrisABC
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Posted: 02 June 2009 at 3:28am

Thanks. I think this is the reason for PC crashing and rebooting.

I have put a test in my software so if OS version is less than WinXP do not use the transparent feature of floating Pane. Hope this solves problem.

(It would be good idea if CodeJock could put this test into anywhere that transparency could give problems like this    )
]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:28:25 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14425&PID=49567&title=solved-crash-w2k-with-transparent-pane#49567 <![CDATA[SOLVED: Crash W2K with transparent pane : Hi Chris, I looked up property...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14425&PID=49533&title=solved-crash-w2k-with-transparent-pane#49533 Author: Aaron
Subject: 14425
Posted: 01 June 2009 at 5:55am

Hi Chris,
 
I looked up property in Help and it says:
 

Remarks

Opacity ranges from 0 to 255, with 0 being 0 and 255 being 100.  The opacity setting is only applied to floating panes when the pane is not active.

FloatingFramesOpacity only works with Windows 2000 with SP3 or greater and Windows XP and greater.

 

I don't know for sure but maybe this is problem...
 
 
]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:55:54 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14425&PID=49533&title=solved-crash-w2k-with-transparent-pane#49533 <![CDATA[SOLVED: Crash W2K with transparent pane : Has anyone noticed a problem...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14425&PID=49527&title=solved-crash-w2k-with-transparent-pane#49527 Author: chrisABC
Subject: 14425
Posted: 01 June 2009 at 3:13am

Has anyone noticed a problem with a floating pane  where the opacity is reduced, under Windows 2K only?

I have some small floating Panes, only use one at a time.   Options.FloatingFrameOpacity  = 150

This works OK on my PCs and for most of my users.  But one user reports that each time they close one of these "transparent" Panes, their PC crashes and reboots -- this PC is running Windows 2K SP2.  Everything else about my app seems to work OK on this PC, it is just the floating Pane with Opacity set  = 150.  The transparent Pane displays OK, but when the user closes it, PC crashes.

Any suggestions as to what I can try?  (eg. set Opacity = 255 before destroying Pane?)

Is anybody using Win 2K with Panes transparent with no problem?

SOLUTION: The transparent Panes feature must NOT be used with Win2000.  I have now used the Win API function GetVersionEx to check for version of Windows, and if less than 5.1 (WinXP) do not use transparency. 
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