how to make child controls transparent in a non transparent dialog

[swarup]

hi guys i have a dialog which has a background image, there is a button and a listctrl, i want to make the button and listctrl semi transparent or transparent so that the dialog background will be visible through listctrl, i can set a background image in list ctrl but tht i dont want. Swarup

[David Crow]

swarup wrote:

...i want to make the button...transparent...

See here.

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