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Re: JWindow : Shape != re

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On Mar 18, 9:28 pm, Tom Hawtin <use...@tackline.plus.com> wrote:
> Thorsten23 wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to create a window that has not the ususal rectangle form but a
> > roundrectangle form.
>
> Unfortunately AWT does not support non-rectangular windows.
>
> One dirty hack (which requires the code to be trusted) is to grab a
> screen image just before opening the window, and use that as the
> background. Obviously that isn't going to update, but may suffice for
> transient windows (so long as you don't mind your app looking bad in
> some circumstances...).
>
> I believe this is covered in Swing Hacks by Joshua Marinacci and Chris
> Adamson.
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0596009070/
>
> Tom Hawtin

I thought I read somewhere that this is a feature request in the
works...  I can't find what I was reading, but maybe someone else
knows.

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