Custom button image transparency problem

[Niniel]

Hello,

I made some custom icons for use with command buttons, and I made them ICO
files with transparency.
However, after I assigned them to my buttons, there's a light grey
background colour - which doesn't look all that great.

Is there a way to import images with their transparency intact? There must
be, since Access' built-in buttons are transparent.
Do I need to use a different image format? Or are there other tweaks to make
this work?

Thank you.

 

[RuralGuy]

Maybe this link will help. http://www.lebans.com/transparent.htm

 

[Niniel]

Thank you.
Strangely enough, Access XP complains that it doesn't understand the file format that is created by this tool.

 

[Niniel]

Or maybe this installation of Access is just lacking some filters - it also complained that it didn't understand the GIF file, and that I might want to try a GIF file instead.
The file can't be too large at 914 byte [vs. 766 for the ICO file]; the 4 kB bitmap is loaded without problem.

 

[Niniel]

I just reloaded my transparent icon images, and now the transparency is working.
Very strange.
I had briefly worked with my db files in A2003, but that shouldn't cause this kind of problem, should it? [I'm using A2002]

 

[RuralGuy]

I wouldn't think so. Glad to hear you got it working.

 

[Niniel]

Alas, it isn't quite "solved". Although I am now certain that it's caused by the different versions of Access.
For me running A2002 [XP], the button looks fine, with transparency intact. But on a machine with A2003, the background is visible again. So in order to get the icons to display correctly in 2003, I'll have to re-import them in 2003. That'll created backgrounds for me in 2002, but sine most users have 2003, I'll give that version preferential treatment.

 

[RuralGuy]

Nothing is ever easy is it? Good luck with the rest of your project.

 

[Niniel]

Thank you.

And yes, some things at least are not as easy as you'd expect them to be. Even seemingly simple stuff like this.