With Sonic Alpha Style ActiveX Control you can give your Applications Glass Transparent look & load your Splash Screens with high quality Animations and make them look like designed by a Pro.You can just drag & drop the OCX - control file to the Components panel and use it. Its that easy.
Here are some UNIQUE features of Sonic Alpha Style Control.
- 255 Steps Alpha Blending option.
- Multi Style Application Loading. ( Fire, Glow, Lightning, etc..)
- Apply Glass Effect to Any Number of Forms by a Single line of Code.
- Create Custom Defined Form Animations Easily.
Usage
- To add the .ocx control to your IDE, just select the name "SonicAlphaStyle" or Drag & Drop the .ocx control to the Componrnts Panel.
- To make an Application or a Form Transparent Use the following line of code
[NameOfTheAlphaStyleControl].SetAlpha [NameOfTheForm], AlphaValue_In_Percentage
example:
AlphaStyle1.SetAlpha Me, 40
- To Make The Form or The Splash Screen Load Using Alpha Animation use the following line of code inside the 'Form_Activate' event.
[NameOfTheAlphaStyleControl].AlphaLoadStyle [NameOfTheForm], AlphaLoadStyle, Effective_Percentage
example:
AlphaStyle1.AlphaLoadStyle Me, Fire, 50
Tips To Optimize
- Try to set the final alpha value of your application to always 255 inorder to reduce memory consumption.
- Use 'DoEvents' command after you have used a custom alpha animation.
Download Demo Application & ActiveX Control For Sonic Alpha Style Control.
*Note : All Sonic Visual Control Demos will open our Website repeatedly. This is the only limitation in the Demo ActiveX controls. This will not be present in Full Versions.
All Minor Version upgrades and Bug Fixes are completely Free !
