I'm running Windows XP SP2, Opteron 175 with 7800 GTX card and cannot keep a transparent window on top of another window. That's the short of it. I've tried two different nVidia drivers, forceware 7750 and just now the updated forceware 90 versions and they show the same issue. I've also tried using a separate program for window management than the built in functionality of Foreceware, Actual Transparent Window, and have identical issue. I'm opening a 3D CAD program, Cobalt v7.4 or SketchUp v5, and then opening IrfanView 3.98 with an image, selecting Irfanview and chosing transparency and stay on top (and in the case of Actual Transparent Window, the option for ghosting to disable any input in that window). I then try to draw 'under' the transparent image and immediately the image window does what normal windows do, it becomes inactive and hides behind the drawing program. I have to pick it from the taskbar to bring it back to the fore, but it just won't stay there. I've spent hours reading the forceware user manual and exploring the options in the driver itself to no avail. The only thing I've found is that using the menu button at the transparent window (added by choosing it in Forceware) I get the error reading:
"Transparency is temp. disabled because an application that uses Direct X or 3D hardware features is currently running".
Strangely, transparency is working, it's the stay on top function that will not.
I've tried the Actual Transparent Window program in conjunction with the above noted program combinations on my Dell 8200 laptop with GeForce 440 Go card and they work without any problems whatsoever. Imagine!! So I'm hoping you can point me to a setting to temporarily or even permanently disable to allow this function to work. With any luck, this will be a no brainer for you, it's got my brain in a half nelson. Thanks so much for your help!
"Transparency is temp. disabled because an application that uses Direct X or 3D hardware features is currently running".
Strangely, transparency is working, it's the stay on top function that will not.
I've tried the Actual Transparent Window program in conjunction with the above noted program combinations on my Dell 8200 laptop with GeForce 440 Go card and they work without any problems whatsoever. Imagine!! So I'm hoping you can point me to a setting to temporarily or even permanently disable to allow this function to work. With any luck, this will be a no brainer for you, it's got my brain in a half nelson. Thanks so much for your help!
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