Transparency in Windows

I have created a desktop Estimating program written in Java. One feature (measuring off drawings onscreen) requires a transparent window sitting over the drawing on which the user clicks the start and end points of the item to measure. I make the window transparent using the alpha component of the Color() class (e.g. setBackground(new Color(0,0,255,30))).
This works perfectly when running on a single/multiple screen on a macintosh running OS X, but the window does not appear transparent on PC's running Windows.
Can anybody tell me why and/or how to achieve this on both platforms

I would not use a transparent window at all, but take a screen shot (using Robot) and display a window with the screen shot image as the background.
edit: I vaguely remember there is a way to get translucent windows in Java. There may be an article in the news letter about it.
edit: [http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/GUI/translucent_shaped_windows/]

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/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
#include "jni.h"
/* Header for class nativetest */
#ifndef _Included_nativetest
#define _Included_nativetest
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* Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;
JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_nativetest_sayHello
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#include <string.h>
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LEG_SIDE, LEG_EDGE, LEG_WHOLE, EYE_SIDE, EYE_EDGE, EYE_WHOLE, DINOSAUR
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GLfloat body[][2] = { {0, 3}, {1, 1}, {5, 1}, {8, 4}, {10, 4}, {11, 5},
{11, 11.5}, {13, 12}, {13, 13}, {10, 13.5}, {13, 14}, {13, 15}, {11, 16},
{8, 16}, {7, 15}, {7, 13}, {8, 12}, {7, 11}, {6, 6}, {4, 3}, {3, 2},
{1, 2} };
GLfloat arm[][2] = { {8, 10}, {9, 9}, {10, 9}, {13, 8}, {14, 9}, {16, 9},
{15, 9.5}, {16, 10}, {15, 10}, {15.5, 11}, {14.5, 10}, {14, 11}, {14, 10},
{13, 9}, {11, 11}, {9, 11} };
GLfloat leg[][2] = { {8, 6}, {8, 4}, {9, 3}, {9, 2}, {8, 1}, {8, 0.5}, {9, 0},
{12, 0}, {10, 1}, {10, 2}, {12, 4}, {11, 6}, {10, 7}, {9, 7} };
GLfloat eye[][2] = { {8.75, 15}, {9, 14.7}, {9.6, 14.7}, {10.1, 15},
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GLfloat lightZeroColor[] = {0.8, 1.0, 0.8, 1.0};
GLfloat lightOnePosition[] = {-1.0, -2.0, 1.0, 0.0};
GLfloat lightOneColor[] = {0.6, 0.3, 0.2, 1.0};
GLfloat skinColor[] = {0.1, 1.0, 0.1, 1.0}, eyeColor[] = {1.0, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0};
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float vx, vy, vx2, vy2, vw, vh;
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vertex[1] = data[i][1];
vertex[2] = 0;
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glVertex3f(data[i % count][0], data[i % count][1], 0.0);
glVertex3f(data[i % count][0], data[i % count][1], thickness);
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dy = data[i % count][0] - data[(i + 1) % count][0];
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glEnd();
glEndList();
glNewList(whole, GL_COMPILE);
glFrontFace(GL_CW);
glCallList(edge);
glNormal3f(0.0, 0.0, -1.0);
glCallList(side);
glPushMatrix();
glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, thickness);
glFrontFace(GL_CCW);
glNormal3f(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
glCallList(side);
glPopMatrix();
glEndList();
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makeDinosaur(void)
extrudeSolidFromPolygon(body, sizeof(body), bodyWidth,
BODY_SIDE, BODY_EDGE, BODY_WHOLE);
extrudeSolidFromPolygon(arm, sizeof(arm), bodyWidth / 4,
ARM_SIDE, ARM_EDGE, ARM_WHOLE);
extrudeSolidFromPolygon(leg, sizeof(leg), bodyWidth / 2,
LEG_SIDE, LEG_EDGE, LEG_WHOLE);
extrudeSolidFromPolygon(eye, sizeof(eye), bodyWidth + 0.2,
EYE_SIDE, EYE_EDGE, EYE_WHOLE);
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glCallList(BODY_WHOLE);
glPushMatrix();
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glCallList(LEG_WHOLE);
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glCallList(ARM_WHOLE);
glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -bodyWidth / 4);
glCallList(LEG_WHOLE);
glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, bodyWidth / 2 - 0.1);
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glPopMatrix();
glEndList();
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recalcModelView(void)
glPopMatrix();
glPushMatrix();
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glTranslatef(-8, -8, -bodyWidth / 2);
newModel = 0;
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redraw(void)
if (newModel)
recalcModelView();
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
glCallList(DINOSAUR);
glutSwapBuffers();
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output(int x, int y, char *string)
int len, i;
glRasterPos2f(x, y);
len = (int) strlen(string);
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_HELVETICA_18, string[i]);
char *helpMsg[] =
"Welcome to zoomdino!",
" Left mouse button rotates",
" the dinosaur.",
" Middle mouse button zooms",
" via overlay rubber-banding.",
" Right mouse button shows",
" pop-up menu.",
" To reset view, use \"Reset",
" Projection\".",
"(This message is in the overlays.)",
NULL
void
redrawOverlay(void)
if (help) {
int i;
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
glIndexi(white);
for (i = 0; helpMsg[i]; i++) {
output(15, 24 + i * 18, helpMsg[i]);
return;
if (glutLayerGet(GLUT_OVERLAY_DAMAGED) || clearHelp) {
glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
clearHelp = 0;
wasFancy = 0;
} else {
if (fancy || wasFancy) {
glLineWidth(3.0);
glIndexi(transparent);
glBegin(GL_LINE_LOOP);
glVertex2i(anchorx, anchory);
glVertex2i(anchorx, pstretchy);
glVertex2i(pstretchx, pstretchy);
glVertex2i(pstretchx, anchory);
glEnd();
if (wasFancy) {
glLineWidth(1.0);
wasFancy = 0;
if (fancy)
glLineWidth(3.0);
glIndexi(red);
glBegin(GL_LINE_LOOP);
glVertex2i(anchorx, anchory);
glVertex2i(anchorx, stretchy);
glVertex2i(stretchx, stretchy);
glVertex2i(stretchx, anchory);
glEnd();
if (fancy) {
glLineWidth(1.0);
glIndexi(white);
glBegin(GL_LINE_LOOP);
glVertex2i(anchorx, anchory);
glVertex2i(anchorx, stretchy);
glVertex2i(stretchx, stretchy);
glVertex2i(stretchx, anchory);
glEnd();
glFlush();
pstretchx = stretchx;
pstretchy = stretchy;
void
defaultProjection(void)
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
vx = -1.0;
vw = 2.0;
vy = -1.0;
vh = 2.0;
glFrustum(vx, vx + vw, vy, vy + vh, 1.0, 40);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
void
mouse(int button, int state, int x, int y)
if (button == GLUT_LEFT_BUTTON) {
if (state == GLUT_DOWN) {
glutSetCursor(GLUT_CURSOR_LEFT_RIGHT);
moving = 1;
begin = x;
} else if (state == GLUT_UP) {
glutSetCursor(GLUT_CURSOR_INHERIT);
moving = 0;
if (overlaySupport && button == GLUT_MIDDLE_BUTTON) {
if (state == GLUT_DOWN) {
help = 0;
clearHelp = 1;
rubberbanding = 1;
anchorx = x;
anchory = y;
stretchx = x;
stretchy = y;
glutShowOverlay();
} else if (state == GLUT_UP) {
rubberbanding = 0;
glutHideOverlay();
glutUseLayer(GLUT_NORMAL);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
#undef max
#undef min
#define max(a,b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
#define min(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
wx = min(anchorx, stretchx);
wy = min(H - anchory, H - stretchy);
wx2 = max(anchorx, stretchx);
wy2 = max(H - anchory, H - stretchy);
ww = wx2 - wx;
wh = wy2 - wy;
if (ww == 0 || wh == 0) {
glutUseLayer(GLUT_NORMAL);
defaultProjection();
} else {
vx2 = wx2 / W * vw + vx;
vx = wx / W * vw + vx;
vy2 = wy2 / H * vh + vy;
vy = wy / H * vh + vy;
vw = vx2 - vx;
vh = vy2 - vy;
glFrustum(vx, vx + vw, vy, vy + vh, 1.0, 40);
glutPostRedisplay();
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
void
motion(int x, int y)
if (moving) {
angle = angle + (x - begin);
begin = x;
newModel = 1;
glutPostRedisplay();
if (rubberbanding) {
stretchx = x;
stretchy = y;
glutPostOverlayRedisplay();
void
reshape(int w, int h)
if (overlaySupport) {
glutUseLayer(GLUT_OVERLAY);
glViewport(0, 0, w, h);
glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
glLoadIdentity();
gluOrtho2D(0, w, 0, h);
glScalef(1, -1, 1);
glTranslatef(0, -h, 0);
glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
glutUseLayer(GLUT_NORMAL);
glViewport(0, 0, w, h);
W = w;
H = h;
GLboolean lightZeroSwitch = GL_TRUE, lightOneSwitch = GL_TRUE;
void
controlLights(int value)
glutUseLayer(GLUT_NORMAL);
switch (value) {
case 1:
lightZeroSwitch = !lightZeroSwitch;
if (lightZeroSwitch) {
glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
} else {
glDisable(GL_LIGHT0);
break;
case 2:
lightOneSwitch = !lightOneSwitch;
if (lightOneSwitch) {
glEnable(GL_LIGHT1);
} else {
glDisable(GL_LIGHT1);
break;
case 3:
defaultProjection();
break;
case 4:
fancy = 1;
break;
case 5:
fancy = 0;
wasFancy = 1;
break;
case 6:
if (!rubberbanding)
help = 1;
glutShowOverlay();
glutPostOverlayRedisplay();
break;
glutPostRedisplay();
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
//glutInit(&argc, argv);
glutInitDisplayMode(GLUT_RGB | GLUT_DOUBLE | GLUT_DEPTH);
glutCreateWindow("zoomdino");
glutDisplayFunc(redraw);
glutMouseFunc(mouse);
glutMotionFunc(motion);
glutCreateMenu(controlLights);
glutAddMenuEntry("Toggle right light", 1);
glutAddMenuEntry("Toggle left light", 2);
glutAttachMenu(GLUT_RIGHT_BUTTON);
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glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
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0.0, 0.0, 0.0, /* center is at (0,0,0) */
0.0, 1.0, 0.); /* up is in postivie Y direction */
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glLightf(GL_LIGHT0, GL_CONSTANT_ATTENUATION, 0.1);
glLightf(GL_LIGHT0, GL_LINEAR_ATTENUATION, 0.05);
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glEnable(GL_LIGHT1);
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glClearIndex(transparent);
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white = (transparent + 2) % glutGet(GLUT_WINDOW_COLORMAP_SIZE);
glutSetColor(red, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0); /* Red. */
glutSetColor(white, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0); /* White. */
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glutReshapeFunc(reshape);
glutSetWindowTitle("zoomdino with rubber-banding");
glutAddMenuEntry("------------------", 0);
glutAddMenuEntry("Reset projection", 3);
glutAddMenuEntry("------------------", 0);
glutAddMenuEntry("Fancy rubber-banding", 4);
glutAddMenuEntry("Simple rubber-banding", 5);
glutAddMenuEntry("------------------", 0);
glutAddMenuEntry("Show help", 6);
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printf("Sorry, no whizzy zoomdino overlay usage!\n");
glutMainLoop();
return 0;
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Certificate Transparency with Windows Server CA

I'm new to the subject of Certificate Transparency and am trying to determine the simplest way to get our "enterprise CA" certs trusted. So far, only Chrome objects, showing the error below about our CA lacking audit records.
As I understand it, these records are different from the CRL mechanism, which we do provide.
How Certificate Transparency Works

Hi,
Yes, i would agree with Paul.
Only chrome object has this issue?
This alert/error means that the website is using an old security algorithm such as SHA-1 ,which is potentially no longer safe.
More detailed information:
https://thomas.vanhoutte.be/miniblog/this-site-is-using-outdated-security-settings-that-may-prevent-future-versions-of-chrome-from-being-able-to-safely-access-it/
Regards.
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Can not get access files from Windows 7 to Claims-based file authorization share

We have AD level 2012R2, DCs running 2012R2 of course, and we have clustered File Server (3 FSNodes running 2012R2).
We enabled 2 policies
KDC Support for claim
Kerberos support for claim
We created 1 claim type in ADAC (For example "Division" Source Property). Filled this property to all IT AD Accounts by our value "IT"
On FS made a share folder ITDivision:
- set permissions Domain Users can Modify if User.Division equals "IT"
so on Windows 8 IT Users can access files on this share and on Windows 7 they cant
=\ . We know from many presentations about Dynamic Access Control that File Server must enroll user claims if client do not support this claims (Service-for-User-To-Self)

Hi,
>>so on Windows 8 IT Users can access files on this share and on Windows 7 they cant
=\ . We know from many presentations about Dynamic Access Control that File Server must enroll user claims if client do not support this claims (Service-for-User-To-Self)
How is it going? Was there any error message? As far as I know, Dynamic Access Control (DAC) should work for downlevel clients. It’s backwards compatible. As Florain explains in the following blog:
For non-Windows 8 and non-Windows Server 2012 boxes accessing DAC-protected file shares, the users do not carry any claims. For them, the Server 2012-based file share will query Active Directory and proxy the claims request to figure out what claims
the user and machine bring. The file server checks in the name of the user, whether they should have claims. With that information, the file server evaluates the access to the file share. So yeah – DAC works for downlevel clients, too. It’s backwards compatible.
And totally transparent to Windows 7.
Questions regarding Dynamic Access Control (FAQ)
http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=293
In addition, regarding dynamic access control, the following blog can also be referred to for more information.
Dynamic Access Control in Windows Server 2012
http://www.infoq.com/news/2012/10/Dynamic-Access-Control
Please Note: Since the above two website are not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Best regards,
Frank Shen

AIR/Windows 7 Onscreen Keyboard

Hi
Any reason why the onscreen keyboard would stop working when a TextInput is being focused?
* AIR 2.03
* Flex SDK 3.4
* j3500 Motion Computing tablet (http://www.motioncomputing.com.au/products/tablet_pc_J35.asp)
The onscreen keyboard is the default version that comes with windows 7 Professional...The interesting thing is we did not have this issue in the AIR app in the past up until the our latest app update.
There are no definatley no programmical modifications to the default focus behaviour of any text editable fields or anything that would interrupt the default behaviour of the flash/air integration with the onscreen keyboard and the operating system....it should be transparent AIR/Windows 7 function and totally out of our hands...
The soft keyboard will still enter text into input fields, however the keyboard needs to be manually opened. The standard behaviour was...when the wacom pen tapped into a text input, a keyboard icon would appear next to the input and open the keyboard over the AIR app, now that does not work..
We are really at a lose with this issue and need to know which direction to look into. The tablet has all windows and motion computing specific updates applied to it...and can be replicated on other tablets etc..
We have not tried linux or mac installations troubleshooting because do not have direct access.
Any ideas much appreciated.

I am havin the sam eissue as you can tell I have set al setings to fast..and still it skips keys randomly. I have reinstalled drivers and what else can I do? This keyboard came with bundle HP Pavilion s5310f. I need a fix for this issue. I type for a living and this is unacceptble sppeed and tuypps...shew. Any info, help, or new keyboard appreciatd...thisis no working

Seriously Apple, why can't Leopard render a transparent menu bar on my Mac?

I have a 2-year-old PowerBook 12" 1.5 GHz running Leopard 10.5.2 freshly updated today. I thought for sure I'd get to see a translucent menu bar but, no, still opaque as ever with no option to change.
Apple, let me tell you some of the things this pretty capable computer can do:
-Dynamically render transparency and reflections in a magnifying Dock
-Dynamically render transparency in Terminal windows with varying levels of transparency
-Render GPU-intensive animations such as Genie effect, rotating cube, and dashboard "splash"
-Hey, I can even boot into Linux, run Gnome, and make it's menu bar transparent!
Please stop telling me my computer is not compatible enough to display a translucent menu bar. Displaying the transparency in the menu bar has got to be one of the least intensive operations Leopard will do. It is a static image (save for seldom changing menu items) that rarely needs to be re-rendered. Terminal windows, however, get resized, dragged around and display their transparency beautifully.
Let's get some straight answers as to why this simple issue of getting a Transparent menu bar consistently displayed (ot not displayed, by choice) across all of your "compatible" hardware is such a confusing mystery.
Thanks for fixing the Stacks, at least.

Thanks for your input. While you may not mind a solid menu bar, I quite like it and would like to have one. My main gripe however, is the fact that this really just seems like some bug that Apple isn't willing to focus on, or admit to.
They say the graphics card can render "most effects" but not the menu bar. But, seriously, as I've mentioned before, why can it render transparent drop-down menus, transparent Terminal windows, transparent/reflective Dock, Dashboard ripple effect but not a simple, basic, transparent menu?
Once I get a decent answer to this, I'll be satisfied. Because right now, telling me my 64MB graphics card can't handle it seems like a load of bulls**t.

I AM USING WINDOWS 7 ON MY DESK TOP MY I TUNE TAKE A LONG TIME TO OPEN

i have i tune on my desktop i click it it takes along time to open i have windows 7

Try to disable transparency in Windows, see:
*[[/questions/804050]]
Right click in a free space on your desktop.<br />
Left click on Personalization.<br />
There are four options at the bottom of the screen, choose "Window Color and Appearance".<br />
Select a border color<br />
Uncheck: "Enable transparency"<br />
Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-upgrade-my-graphics-drivers

(Layering Issues) Transparent Terminal, Part of desktop.

I'm aware there is a wiki post about this, and I will get to that.
I've been trying to run a terminal as part of my desktop, and I've run into a bit of annoyance. So far I have tried:
Gnome-Terminal + Devilspie (From the wiki, did not work)
This failed to auto start correctly, and failed to strip the window of it's borders.
Tilda
Has a control fight with the desktop and inactive windows, this is the annoyance. For example, if I have a window placed inactive on the desktop, Tilda's window will override it, and I will not be able to 'grab' the window.
What I am looking for:
A terminal as part of my desktop running on the same 'layer' as the desktop, and the ability to be able to use the desktop on the terminal's window space. I realize this would negate any right click options the terminal itself may have, but I am fine with this.
The desktop enviornment I am using is cinnamon-git from the AUR. CInnamon is heavily based off of Gnome 3, so any Gnome 3 applicable ideas may work.
If there have been any previous posts about this topic, I apologize and will be happily redirected to said post.
Thanks,
Multimoon
Last edited by Multimoon (2012-11-30 00:09:07)

Multimoon wrote:Is there any way to acheive this?
It's certainly possible to write a program to do this - but I'm skeptical that it has been done. If it has it would be implemented in a different desktop manager, not a different terminal, so that's where you should be looking. I dont know if your DE would play nicely with an alternate desktop manager though.
The desktop manger would have to create a transparent desktop window, manage icons and do everything you want the desktop to do, AND generate XSendEvent events to pass anything else on to the terminal.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-30 01:56:07)

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