I find this particularly useful in an MDI environment where you don’t want to keep switching forms to read information?just make the front form transparent to read the one behind, then fade it in again. Much nicer than Alt+Tab!! Can also be used when quitting programs for a bit of extra class (no pun intended…)
Create a form with two buttons?btnFadeIn & btnFadeOut and execute theappropriate function.
Drop in the following code:
---------------------------Private Function FadeIn() ' attach to BtnFadeIn_Click Dim start, finish As Double Dim i As Integer i = 1 start = Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.Timer finish = start + 2.0 Do While Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.Timer < finish If Me.Opacity < 1.0 Then Me.Opacity = ((i * 1) / 100) i = i + 1 Else Exit Do End If LoopEnd FunctionPrivate Function FadeOut() ' attach to BtnFadeOut_Click - also Form1_Closing Dim start, finish As Double Dim i As Integer i = 1 start = Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.Timer finish = start + 1.0 Do While Microsoft.VisualBasic.DateAndTime.Timer < finish If Me.Opacity > 0.25 Then Me.Opacity = ((100 - (i * 1)) / 100) i = i + 1 Else Exit Do End If LoopEnd Function
