How do I get BitBlt to use transparences?

http://www.winprog.org/tutorial-old/#2.
scroll down to Transparent images

Lalle

Check out my crappy explanation under another thread. (something about windows mates and "f*******" windows)

You need the image you want to draw, and a monochrome bitmask.

Make the areas on the image which you want to be transparent black.
On the bitmask, make white represent transparent areas and black where the actual image is.

BitBlt the mask using SRCAND.
BitBlt the image using SRCPAINT.

That should work.

is src_paint the invert operation? If not, that''s another way to do it.