I think it is one of the problem, but I'm quite sure that if I run my app from vfp environment I can have a PNG trasparent image placed on a trasparent form, while it looses its trasparency (the image I mean) if I run it in exe mode

>>Hi all
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>>I was trying to use transparent picture (PNG files) in my application.
>>It works quite good if I run my program from VFP environment but I loose tranparency if I launch the app as exe file.
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>>I noticed another strange behaviour with the diplayorientation property. It works on My PC Vista Based while gives an error if I run it under XP (invalid property value, it accepts only the 0 value)
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>>Thank you
>>Alessio
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>Alessio
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>You have the wrong VFP RUNTIME. You have SP1 Runtimes and SP2 in your IDE which is why your EXE does not show transparency, but it works in VFP environment.
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>Check the versions of your runtimes.
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>Latest VFP9Sp2 Runtimes
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>VFP9r.DLL        Version = 9.0.0.7423
>VFP9t.DLL         Version = 9.0.0.7423
>VFP9rENU.DLL Version = 9.0.0.5815
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>If you have any less than this then that is your problem.
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>Bernard