Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] Custom window shapes

[Kevin M. <kej...@ho...>]

Rob,

You could try the Win32::GUI::Skin module on Sourceforge here 
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32-gui-skin/>.

Kevin.
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to create/skin my windows with custom shapes and/or images 
> (e.g. a PNG with transparency). I see that the SetWindowRgn() function 
> is available in Win32::GUI 1.06, but this is not the best approach 
> according to Microsoft (see this URL: 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997507.aspx). Instead they 
> recommend using the UpdateLayeredWindow() function, which doesn't seem 
> to be available in Win32::GUI by default. Before I to use 
> UpdateLayeredWindow() with help from Win32::API, does anyone have any 
> experience, recommendations, or code samples?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob Johansen
>
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