>>>>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....

No worrries seeing that you did set me right with the GIF's. Thanks