// Aufruf in der OnPaint-Methode: z.b. maketransparent(Handle, 20);
void maketransparent(HWND AHandle, int ABlending)
{
SetWindowLong(AHandle, GWL_EXSTYLE,GetWindowLong(AHandle, GWL_EXSTYLE) | WS_EX_LAYERED);
SetLayeredWindowAttributes(AHandle, 0,(255*ABlending)/100, LWA_ALPHA);
BLENDFUNCTION blend;
blend.BlendOp = AC_SRC_OVER;
blend.BlendFlags = 0;
blend.AlphaFormat = 0;
blend.SourceConstantAlpha = AC_SRC_ALPHA ;
UpdateLayeredWindow(AHandle, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,NULL, &blend, ULW_ALPHA);
}