Stacks 100% transparent?

Ok I could have sworn my stacks used to have a semi-transparent background to them. i use my dock on the left side so my stacks are grids. my grid stacks are 100% transparent, which makes them hard to see the icons sometimes with other windows behind them.
Is anyone elses stacks totally transparent?

I have the same problem but repairing permissions doesn't work...
Everytime i restart or logout i have the opacity back for some hours and then it turns transparent again.
Some pics:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6333/immagine2xc7.png
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6333/immagine2xc7.png

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Here's the code that illustrates this problem.    Of particular concern is the July bar.    Because of the zero value data point problem, it's not possible to see the datatip for "aaa".
Any ideas on how we can hide/remove the datatips for zero value data points ?        Thanks.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<s:Application
xmlns:fx="
http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"xmlns:mx="
library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"xmlns:s="
library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"creationComplete="initApp()"
height="
1050" width="600">
<s:layout>
<s:VerticalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<fx:Script><![CDATA[
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;[
Bindable]
private var yearlyData:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([{month:
"Aug", a:1, b:10, c:1, d:10, e:0},{month:
"July", a:1, b:10, c:10, d:10, e:0},{month:
"June", a:10, b:10, c:10, d:10, e:0},{month:
"May", a:10, b:10, c:10, d:0, e:10},{month:
"April", a:10, b:10, c:0, d:10, e:10},{month:
"March", a:10, b:0, c:10, d:10, e:10},{month:
"February", a:0, b:10, c:10, d:10, e:10},{month:
"January", a:10, b:10, c:10, d:10, e:10}]);
private function initApp():void {}
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:Panel title="Stacked Bar Chart - Problems with DataTips for Zero Value Items" id="panel1">
<s:layout>
<s:HorizontalLayout/>
</s:layout>
<mx:BarChart id="myChart" type="stacked"dataProvider="
{yearlyData}" showDataTips="true">
<mx:verticalAxis>
<mx:CategoryAxis categoryField="month"/>
</mx:verticalAxis>
<mx:series>
<mx:BarSeries
xField="a"displayName="
aaa"/>
<mx:BarSeries
xField="b"displayName="
bbb"/>
<mx:BarSeries
xField="c"displayName="
ccc"/>
<mx:BarSeries
xField="d"displayName="
ddd"/>
<mx:BarSeries
xField="e"displayName="
eee"/>
</mx:series>
</mx:BarChart>
<mx:Legend dataProvider="{myChart}"/>
</s:Panel>
<s:RichText width="700">
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p fontWeight="bold">The problem:</s:p>
<s:p>Datatips for zero value data points appear on left side of bar (if data point is not the first point in series).</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p fontWeight="bold">For example:</s:p>
<s:p>1) For "June", eee = 0, mouse over the left side of the bar to see a datatip for "eee". Not good.</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p>2) For "July", eee = 0 and aaa = 1, can't see the datatip for "aaa", instead "eee" shows. Real bad.</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p>3) For "Feb", aaa = 0, datatip for "aaa" (first point) does not show. This is good.</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p>4) For "Mar", bbb = 0, datatip for "bbb" shows on the left side of the bar. Not good.</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
<s:p fontWeight="bold">Challenge:</s:p>
<s:p>How can we hide/remove datatips for zero value data points?</s:p>
<s:br></s:br>
</s:RichText></s:Application>

FYI.
Still have the issue after upgrading to the latest Flex Builder 4.0.1 with SDK 4.1.0 build 16076.
Posted this as a bug in the Adobe Flex Bug and Issue Management system.     JIRA
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-2478
Which is a clone of a similar issue with Flex 3 ...
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDMV-1984

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Hmm, I'm not too sure then. Have you tried asking in the compiz IRC channel? #compiz on freenode. Also these might be relevant:
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100% transparency possible?

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I I imported the flash animantion and applied wmode:transparency to
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Bar Charts with Non-Stacked Subgroups

I'm trying to create a report in CR2008 for my elementary school principals that will display how many students received a specific grade each of the three marking periods (T1, T2, and T3) per grade level per subject area (Math, PE, etc.). I was able to do this with a separate chart for each marking period, but would like to combine the charts into a single chart that has the grades (such as ADV, PRO, or BLB) across the bottom, and has the trimester scores as subgroups, so it looks something like this:
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Edited by: jimsteph on Jul 8, 2010 2:33 PM

If you can create a view, that would be very helpful, by making the view, you are pushing some of the work to the
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server, or cr. If you do that, would you stack the charts? and just make the top stacks with Transparent backgrounds?
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I would have never thought to look for the samples. Thank you! Now that I've got my immediate problem solved it's time to look at the samples and see what possibilities exist for future reports.
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How to save an icon as a bitmap file in illustrator with transparency?

Hello I need help,
I don't normally work with bitmap files however I find myself in need to save out a set of icons in this particular format for a client to use with their own software on a pc. this software can only import/use .bmp files.
In my export options .bmp is an option but I am unable to save it out with a transparent background which is a big issue. The result is an icon with white background and I need it to be transparent.
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I'm working on a vector with Illustrator CS3, and soon I'm planning to have many of the elements animate. What I'm looking for is a swatch or something that I can fill a shape with that will occlude everything on every layer underneath that shape.
To explain further, let's say I have (in ascending order) two layers. Layer 1 is filled entirely with yellow. Layer 2 has a shape of a circle with a black stroke and no fill. Since it has no fill, the yellow can be seen through the inside of the circle. What I want to do is turn the circle into something akin to a window or an X-ray device by using something (what it is, I'm not sure) that, if I fill the circle with it, will let me see through the yellow on Layer 1. And I want to be able to do this without permanently or "physically" altering Layer 1 (such as selecting the innards of the circle, switching to Layer 1, and deleting the selection), so that I can move the circle around and it will remain occluding the objects underneath.
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If your entire file consists of those two layers, then there is nothing below the yellow on Layer 1, so what would it mean to "see through" the yellow?
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If by "hard erase" you mean a 100% transparency erase, where there is no trace of the original pixels remaining, then yeah... As John Nielsen mentioned, these "hard erases" destroy the pixel color information, so you can't bring them back (unless you fake it via Snapshots or History or something, as you mentioned).
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A typical example would be some photo that I'm working on, which I save and re-open, then say, "Hey, wait a minute... I don't like the cut around this person's hair. I need to restore some lost transparency here." So, if it's not a "hard erase", I can either select it and do Layer Via Copy a bunch of times, then Merge Visible, or fake it with Snapshots (if I still have a good one - I usually crop somewhere along the line, so that throws things off a bit).
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I have a 160 swatch color table I generated in PS and I'd
like to append some alpha transparency values to it for PNG8
processing.
In Fireworks CS4 I've loaded up a test image, successfully
loaded in the .act file I exported from PS and then selected 'Alpha
Transparency' from the trns pulldown menu. Briefly some new
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somewhat stuck at the moment.
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It's important that I have exact control over the CLUT file
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reason. For example, I've created a 256 pixel wide image in PS with
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values of transparency using this same method...
For example
Here
and
Here
Any and all feedback much appreciated.
Nate

natronix wrote:
> Jim,
> That one only contains 16 transparent values, if the
optimize palette
> functioned correctly it would be 255.. the source image
I started with
> contained a 256 pixel wide block, blending from opaque
black to completely
> transparent (therefor 1 opaque color and 255 values of
transparency).
>
> However when I select PN8, adaptive sampling, 256 colors
and alpha
> transparency, that file is what Fireworks creates.
>
> I'd described this previously- the posting of this file
was per Linda's
> request to see a PNG8 with non-index transparency, which
it has, albeit not a
> full 8bits.
>
> On another note, I've opened up the .act files in a hex
editor and can see
> that it does not contain an alpha attribute. So my
initial concept of appending
> these new transparent values from Fireworks to the .act
are moot. I've
> discovered the .pal color table format, which is almost
identical to .act
> except it contains an extra hex pair for an alpha value.
>
> Apparently Photoshop use to support importing and
exporting of .pal color
> table files. I don't know what version support stopped
at. I've tested CS3 & 4
> and they aren't playing nice.
>
> It appears as though I'll need to manually concatenate
the .pal file starting
> with the existing .act table that I have, porting the
hex values over, and then
> manually building out the transparent values I want. The
next and final step
> will be to identify a version of Fireworks, or some
other host, that can
> utilize .pal and run optimizations on the files I have.
That or I get a patch
> to Fireworks that fixes the optimize panel, better yet a
patch to Photoshop
> that enables alpha transparency in PNG8.. I'm not
holding my breath.
>
>
Nate can you share the original 256 value set, even if it is
in PSD form?
Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community
Expert:.
http://www.communityMX.com/
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