>>>Does not work for BMP's though as they do not have this transparent attribute. Anyway that
>>>is easy to solve by changin the BMP's to GIF's.
>>
>>That's probably the easiest solution: I think you can also solve it by creating an MSK file
>>with the same name as the BMP. Fill in the parts of your MSK with black which you don't want
>>to be transparent, and leave the transparent parts white.
>
>Tries the MSK bit. Did not work in VFP8. I thing I'll stick with the single GIF as its also much smaller.

Sounds like a plan. Sorry about the bum steer....