>I'm having a problem deleteing a GIF that has transparency in it. The repo code is as follows:
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>_screen.AddObject("imgGIF", "image")
>_screen.imgGif.picture = "C:\Transparent.gif"
>ERASE "C:\Transparent.gif"
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>If you select a GIF that has transparent regions in it, the ERASE command will fail with a "file is in use" error. If the GIF does not have transparent regions in it, all is fine.
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>This code used to work in VFP6 regardless of the GIF. I know VFP 9 now uses GDI+. Is this problem related to GDI+? If so, are there any workarounds or solutions?

Is your repo code above representative of what you're trying to do - i.e. try to delete a file while it's in use by VFP? I'd expect that should always fail on a "file in use" error. If you were able to delete (i.e. in VFP6) I'd consider that a bug.