Here's some code demonstrating how to make a form in VB transparent!

Option Explicit

Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "User32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
	(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _
	 lParam As Any) As Long
Private Declare Sub ReleaseCapture Lib "User32" ()

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
Private Declare Function SetLayeredWindowAttributes Lib "User32" _
	(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal crKey As Long, ByVal bAlpha As Byte, _
	 ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long

Const WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = &HA1
Const HTCAPTION = 2

Const WS_EX_LAYERED = &H80000
Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Const LWA_ALPHA = &H2
Const LWA_COLORKEY = &H1


Private Sub Form_Load()
DarkMe
End sub

Public Function DarkMe()
   Dim rtn As Long
   rtn = GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
   rtn = rtn Or WS_EX_LAYERED
   SetWindowLong hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, rtn
   SetLayeredWindowAttributes hWnd, 0, 200, LWA_ALPHA
End Function