[Amit_kk]

Hello Everybody,

I want to create the semitransparent popup screen. I have read somewhere in API. Use setGlobalAlpha to set the Transparency.

How to use this API in application.

Any help will be appreciated.

if possible please explain with code snippet.

Thanks in advance.

[Dougsg38p]

public void setGlobalAlpha(int alpha)

Sets the current global alpha value for drawing operations. It ranges from 0 (fully transparent) to 255 (fully opaque).

Be sure to reset the global alpha value when appropriate since all subsequent operations are done using the value specified. Global alpha is stored on the stack so popContext will restore it to the previous value.

Note that alpha will be clamped to the range 0-255.

Parameters:
alpha - Alpha value to use, from 0 (fully transparent) to 255 (fully opaque).
Since:
JDE 3.7.0
Category:
Colour: Pertains to devices' ability to display colour. May only be applicable on colour devices.

[Dougsg38p]

This is from the class Graphic. Your paint() method is passed the Graphic object, os this is where you would place your call to setGlobalAlpha().

[Amit_kk]

How to remove the stored alpha value ?

protected void paintBackground(Graphics g) {
try {
XYRect myExtent = getExtent();
int color = g.getColor();
int alpha = g.getGlobalAlpha();
g.setGlobalAlpha(0xCC);
g.setColor(0x000000);
g.fillRoundRect(0, 0, myExtent.width, myExtent.height, 30, 30);
g.setColor(color);
g.setGlobalAlpha(alpha);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
}
}

I have created the transparent screen using the above code but when I am changing focus (i.e I am moving the focus from one to another field ) at that time the transparency looses.