Hello,

GIFs can have two types of transparency - Index transparency and Alpha transparency. As far as I saw, the Index Transparency doesn't work in VFP, but I'm absolutely sure the Alpha Transparency does - I made some GIFs myself and use them every day.

I don't know about Paintshop, but Photoshop can save Alpha Transparency. I use Macromedia Fireworks, but Photoshop is a good tool too.

Thank you.

>Help! I'm totally confused!
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>I have navigation buttons with little icons. I'm using VFP8 with SP1 Loaded on a Windows XP machine.
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>My problem is that when I use .GIFS with transparent backgrounds the background appears white! When I use .BMP (no .MSK) the background is transparent.
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>I've read a number of threads here about this but can't find a conclusive solution.
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>Why don't my .GIFS work? can I rely on the .BMPs working without .MSKs ??
>I've tried making the GIFS in PaintShop and in PhotoShop.
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>Any Ideas?
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>Gary