Create a Transparent Interface for the Skin of Windows Media Player

This article examines Transparent interface and explains the main developments, practical implications, and context readers should understand.

Transparent Interface Overview

Now hover over the WMP window

Move the mouse outside the WMP window

You try other skins immediately and see this effect. Here I guide you to make this special transparent effect for other WMP skins. Suppose you have a WMP *. Wmz skin, here I use the built-in Compact skin of Windows ( Compact. Wmz file). First, in the Explorer window, go to Tools > Folder Options., in the View tab, uncheck Hide extensions for known file types so that Windows can display the file extension. In essence, the Compact. Wmz file is a ZIP file, you can fix wmz to zip, we get the Compact. Zip file. Open this ZIP file with Explorer, find the file with the *. Wms extension ( Compact. Wms in this example), right-click this file and choose Copy and copy (Paste) to a folder outside the ZIP file. Open this Compact. Wms file with Notepad, press Ctrl + F, enter onload = " press Find Next to find, in this case I will find the LINE:

Onload = "InitCompact (); InitVideoSettingsView ();"

Notice and delete the quotation marks ( ' ) at the end of this LINE, then add the quotation marks and delete the following text:

AlphaBlendTo (40,9000); "

Press Enter and add below the following 4 lines:

AlphaBlend = "255" onmouseover = "alphaBlendTo (255,300)" onmouseout = "alphaBlendTo (40,300)" onkeydown = "alphaBlendTo (255,300)"

Notice the first number in brackets next to alphaBlendTo in the last 3 lines, which is the number that indicates the transparency of the WMP window, which is in the range of 0 to 255, the number 0 is completely transparent and 255 is not transparent. The onmouseover, onmouseout, and onkeydown items refer to the states that affect the WMP window in turn: when dragged by the mouse, drag the mouse outside and when you press the key. You can change it to suit your needs. Then save the file wms, and then copy the ZIP file again. Fix the zip tag back to wmz as the original. Now double click on this wmz file, select Next now to see your results (Figure 3).