Icons support transparency as well (and .NET handles them fine).

~~Bonnie



>>How can I set the transparent color for an image (in a picturebox) on a windows form? I simply want the "white" areas of my picture to be transparent.
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>You need to use an image that has transparency set - a GIF that has a transparent background for example.
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>There's nothing that you can do to just 'drop out' a white background on a non-transparent image. I believe GIF is the only format that .NET supports transparency for although PNG also supports transparency.
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>+++ Rick ---