SetTransparency

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I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just overlooking something obvious, but I'm having to use a workaround to get SetTransparency to work like I expect.

The problem occurs when I am using primarily FormFields but want to overlay the form with text.

I write the field values
Make a call to settransparency with a relatively high value (88) in this case.
Set the text size to a large value.

Call DrawrotatedText to print on the document.

Set the text size back to the original value
Call SetTransparency(0)

Now if I just flatten the fields and print the documents, the fields will use the proper text size, but the transparency is still 88 so they really don't show.

I can make this work by calling DrawRotatedText or just DrawText with a blank value after the SetTransparencly(0) and that apparently tickles the SetTransparency(0) to apply to the fields.

Am I overlooking something?

Harry

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hbarclay Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 29 Oct 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Post Options Post Reply Quote hbarclay Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: SetTransparency Posted: 06 Jul 11 at 6:05PM
	I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just overlooking something obvious, but I'm having to use a workaround to get SetTransparency to work like I expect. The problem occurs when I am using primarily FormFields but want to overlay the form with text. I write the field values Make a call to settransparency with a relatively high value (88) in this case. Set the text size to a large value. Call DrawrotatedText to print on the document. Set the text size back to the original value Call SetTransparency(0) Now if I just flatten the fields and print the documents, the fields will use the proper text size, but the transparency is still 88 so they really don't show. I can make this work by calling DrawRotatedText or just DrawText with a blank value after the SetTransparencly(0) and that apparently tickles the SetTransparency(0) to apply to the fields. Am I overlooking something? Harry