Window Transparancy

[LyLerK]

I am curious if there is an easy way to get a window's current opacity value.
Additionally, is there an easy way to window restore as a trigger?

I have a function now that fades a window from 255 - 0 opacity rather quickly, then minimizes, then resets opacity to 255 (trigger = left click on min button)
I would like an additional function that would allow me to leave the window at 0 opacity, and restore opacity to 255 over time when restored.
Thanks!

[canderoc]

This is what I use to get a window's current opacity or "alpha":

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int alpha
GetLayeredWindowAttributes hwnd &col &alpha &flags

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if(alpha=0) alpha=254

[canderoc]

RE: your trigger, how do you expect to restore a totally transparent window?

[LyLerK]

Thanks for the code! By restore, I mean the action of clicking the window in the taskbar, then having it slowly appear into its pre-mimimized position the screen.

[canderoc]

This is the only way I can figure. It works well on my Vista machine.
Trigger:

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$a 8 0 "" "ToolbarWindow32" 0 "Running Applications" "Shell_TrayWnd" "" 9 "" "Running Applications"

Macro:

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Acc a=acc(mouse)
out a.Name
int hwnd=win(a.Name "" "" 4)
if(IsIconic(hwnd)) Transparent(hwnd 254)

[LyLerK]

Thanks a ton, I really appreciate your help.