Option Explicit
Private Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal crKey As Long, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000
Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2
Const LWA_COLORKEY = &H1
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim sty As Long
sty = GetWindowLong(Me.hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
sty = sty Or WS_EX_LAYERED
SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, sty
SetLayeredWindowAttributes Me.hwnd, 0, 0, LWA_ALPHA
End Sub