>I have a button class created by using an image and label in a container. The image is a .GIF file
>which is rectangularish in shape and has WHITE around it as well as in the middle of it. I made the
>image.BackStyle = Transparent and placed the label behind the white area in the middle of the button
>and the label shows through. This is in VFP 7.
>
>When I upgraded to VFP 8, the same class, same button now shows transparent on the background of the
>button but the middle part which was transparent in VFP7 is now opaque white in VFP8, and the label
>is hidden.

Actually, the VFP7 behavior may have been the bug. Is white marked as the transparent color in the GIF? If not, try setting white to be transparent, and see if VFP8/GDI+ respects that.