Here is a sample of Transparent ActionBand menus

This is a screenshot of a demo that ships with Delphi 7.0

Transparent ActionBand Menus

Here is a sample of ActionBand Menus using various colormap components

The two custom styles here were developed using the ActionBand Colormap Creator. Delphi 7.0 includes two different menu styles (XP and Standard) which, combined with Colormap components allows you to create unique lookings, highly customizable menus for your applications.

XP Standard (W2K/Win98) Twilight (MS Encarta) MSN Style (custom) Blues (custom)

XP Style ActionBand Menu
 ActionBand Colormap samples
Standard Style ActionBand Menu