Full Transparency Support

With F-IN-BOX, you can create applications based on transparent Flash movies, enabling translucent and non-rectangular user interfaces. This allows you to design modern, visually rich applications in Flash, while implementing business logic in .NET.

To work with transparency, use the f_in_box__form component. Transparency is supported only on Windows 2000 or higher, in 16 or 32 bits-per-pixel display modes.

You can check if transparency is available using IsTransparentModeAvailable.

C# Example

// Check transparent mode
if (!f_in_box__lib.Global.IsTransparentModeAvailable)
{
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Transparent mode is not available");
    return;
}
 
// MyTranslucencyForm is inherited from f_in_box__lib.f_in_box__form
// Create translucency form
MyTranslucencyForm FlashPlayerForm = new MyTranslucencyForm();
 
// Load movie from stream
System.IO.Stream MovieStream =
    System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().
        GetManifestResourceStream("Sample4_Translucency.Embedded_Movies.movie.swf");
FlashPlayerForm.PutMovieFromStream(MovieStream);
 
// Position the form
FlashPlayerForm.Width = 400;
FlashPlayerForm.Height = 400;
FlashPlayerForm.Left =
    System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width / 2 -
    FlashPlayerForm.Width / 2;
FlashPlayerForm.Top =
    System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height / 2 -
    FlashPlayerForm.Height / 2;
 
// Play and display
FlashPlayerForm.FlashMethod_Play();
FlashPlayerForm.Show();
 
Application.Run(FlashPlayerForm);

VB.NET Example

' Check transparent mode
If Not f_in_box__lib.Global.IsTransparentModeAvailable Then
    MessageBox.Show("Transparent mode is not available", Application.ProductName)
    Return
End If
 
' MyTranslucencyForm is inherited from f_in_box__lib.f_in_box__form
' Create translucency form
Dim FlashPlayerForm As New MyTranslucencyForm
 
' Load movie from stream
Dim MovieStream As System.IO.Stream = _
    System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly._
        GetManifestResourceStream("Sample4_Translucency.movie.swf")
FlashPlayerForm.PutMovieFromStream(MovieStream)
 
' Position the form
FlashPlayerForm.Width = 400
FlashPlayerForm.Height = 400
FlashPlayerForm.Left = _
    Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width() / 2 - _
    FlashPlayerForm.Width / 2
FlashPlayerForm.Top = _
    Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height() / 2 - _
    FlashPlayerForm.Height / 2
 
' Play and display
FlashPlayerForm.FlashMethod_Play()
FlashPlayerForm.Show()
 
Application.Run(FlashPlayerForm)

This feature enables advanced UI design, allowing applications to leverage Flash for complex visuals while maintaining .NET integration.