I need to be able to build up a graphic on a report from several component graphics which must be transparent so as to overlap and build up the final picture. (VFP6)

I also need to do this 'on the fly', from a cursor / table depending on a number of fields on my form.

I have tried bitmaps with msk files and transparent gifs. I can get bitmaps with msk files to be transparent only on reports when I link the OLE control on the report designer to a file, but not when I link it to a field, like I need to.

Any help would be very welcome.