Pieter

Right now, this is what it looks like: With 'transparent', I mean something like this (manipulated screenshot): How can I accomplish this?

This doesn't do what I thought it would do. I need the transparent part to have the color of the GUI. Is there a way to fetch the GUI background color string? (I don't want the window to look ugly if people don't use the default XP theme.)

And changing the background color to whiteGUICtrlSetBkColor($status_icon, 0xFFFFFF)doesn't work either.

Is there a way to hide the GUI from the task bar? I'm trying to make a popup window without a border, so I don't want the window to show up there.

I want to display a GIF image (see attachment) that uses transparency. However, the transparent part of the image has been replaced with the color black. I tried to fix this like so (as described in the manual): $status_icon = GUICtrlCreatePic("img_src\iPodCALsync_aboutico.gif", 8, 8, 65, 64, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP)) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)Unfortunately, this code doesn't fix the problem. Is there anything else I should try?

You're absolutely right. Thanks!

Darn. It appears to be an overlapping problem. I'll have to look into that myself.

I tried to embed a picture in a GUI, but it didn't work. I don't see the picture. $options_logobg = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntimage.gif", 0, 0, 433, 65, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP)) I have verified that the picture exists (this picture is available on every Windows XP installation). Any idea what else could be wrong?

You mean that the Scite GUI generator is Koda? I'm probably using an old version then.

Update: I found it; http://www.autoitscript.com/fileman/users/lookfar/formdesign.html was the tool I was looking for.

Where's that AutoIt GUI generator that was posted somewhere on the forums? I can't find it. I think the name started with a 'K'.

Then somebody has to move this topic to the Idea section.

The thing about the SplashImage is that you can easily bypass it using the Windows key. Try it. It's easy. Alternatively, you can use a screensaver that's protected with a password. Let your application fill that in automatically for you when you insert the USB stick again.

Fixed. I declare my program hereby for finished!

Simple example: $dir = StringTrimRight(@AutoItExe, 8) FileChangeDir($dir) FileInstall("chimes.wav", "chimes_sound.wav") SoundPlay("chimes_sound.wav") Sleep(6000) FileDelete("chimes_sound.wav")For some reason, it won't delete 'chimes_sound.wav'. Why? (Chimes.wav can of course be found in C:\Windows\Media)