layer transparent Please HELP!!

[expertware]

Dear friends,

My name is Pamela, I know little about CSS,
but I would like to ask a question
I have an image on a web page within a css layer:

<DIV ID=MyLayer
STYLE = "position: absolute;top:68 px; left:563px;
width:640px;hei ght:480px;">
<IMG src="ReportImag eBox_12.54.52.p ng" width=640 height=480></IMG>
</DIV>

I need that the parts of this layer which have a certain color
(for instance "white") be rendered transparent, that is
what is under the image must be visible.

How can I do it (I am assuming my image is not transparent
or its transparency not supported by browser, like png in ie6)

If it is not possible with CSS does anybody know an other
way to solve it (scrips ...?)

Thank you very much

-Pamela
..NET Developer

[PretLetters]

ex********@libe ro.it schreef:

<DIV ID=MyLayer
STYLE = "position: absolute;top:68 px; left:563px;
width:640px;hei ght:480px;">
<IMG src="ReportImag eBox_12.54.52.p ng" width=640 height=480></IMG>
</DIV>

I need that the parts of this layer which have a certain color
(for instance "white") be rendered transparent, that is
what is under the image must be visible.

I wouldn't worry too much about that at all, since you've chosen to
place the image so far off to the left, it is hardly shown in my
viewport with my preferred dimensions (about 580px wide and about 480
high). Whether or not the image is partly transparent is not something
I will notice, since I will probably leave as soon as the page is fully
loaded and I notice the wide horizontal scroll that is necessary to use
the page.

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[Spartanicus]

ex********@libe ro.it wrote:

I have an image on a web page within a css layer:
There is no such thing as a CSS "layer", it's Macromedia marketing
speak, lose it.
<DIV ID=MyLayer
STYLE = "position: absolute;top:68 px; left:563px;
I'm willing to bet that you are using absolute positioning
inappropriately . It's often used to position most if not all elements,
this is a big mistake that results in a very bad web site. Note also
that inline styles are rarely a good idea, styles should be moved to an
external stylesheet.
width:640px;hei ght:480px;">
<IMG src="ReportImag eBox_12.54.52.p ng" width=640 height=480></IMG>
</DIV>
You should also learn how to write proper HTML, the above is invalid
markup, a validator may help in showing the syntax errors.
I need that the parts of this layer which have a certain color
(for instance "white") be rendered transparent, that is
what is under the image must be visible.

How can I do it (I am assuming my image is not transparent
or its transparency not supported by browser, like png in ie6)

The div's size is equal to the image, I assume that your reference to
transparency therefore applies to the image. Image transparency cannot
be manipulated via CSS, use an image editor.

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[expertware]

The number I used are unimportant they are random.
The issue is transparency.

If you like lets say it is

<DIV ID=MyLayer
STYLE = "position: absolute;top:0p x; left:0px;
width:200px;hei ght:200px;">
<IMG src="MyImage.pn g" width=640 height=480></IMG>
</DIV>

The page is generated * programmaticall y * within a bulk task. So
anything must be
inside of it.

My issue is. Is there a way to tell that layer that a given color
(example "white")
must be considered a key for transparency?

Pamela

[Bill]

Hi Pamela,

IE does not render transparency with png images. Use gif instead.

Bill

[kchayka]

Bill wrote:

IE does not render transparency with png images.
Not true. IE does not support *alpha* transparency. It supports indexed
(8-bit) transparency just fine. If your graphics editor can only do
alpha transparency, it is deficient.
Use gif instead.

There is no benefit in using transparent gif over indexed transparent png.

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[Spartanicus]

ex********@libe ro.it wrote:

The number I used are unimportant they are random.
The issue is transparency.

Since you've ignored all that I wrote, I will return the favour.

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[Spartanicus]

kchayka <us****@c-net.us> wrote:

IE does not render transparency with png images.

Not true. IE does not support *alpha* transparency.

Not directly, indirectly it does.

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[expertware]

About transparency everyone knows that
gif is ok and png is not still supported
by ie but it will in ie7.

By the way a very smart guy has forwarded me this
pointer http://webfx.eae.net/download/pngbehavior102.zip
very useful which fixes the problem with png in ie6

The point here was another, but everyone is talking
about what he likes.

Here seems people don't really want to get the point.
It is clear that css cannot make tell the browser
to make something transparent. Otherwise
someone have given the answer, instead of
saying anything passed in their mind...
Thanks anyway.

Pamela

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

ex********@libe ro.it wrote:

About transparency everyone knows that
gif is ok and png is not still supported
by ie but it will in ie7.

...which won't mean anything for at least the next ten years.

In another group, I just answered a question about email clients for a
Windows 95 user. Do you think he will be upgrading to
Longhorn/Vista/Vesta .. whatever they're going to call it .. anytime
soon?

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