Will VB 2004 fix control transparency issues?

[Noozer]

Does anyone know if we will be able to put transparent backgrounds on
UserControls in VB 2004?

[Noozer]

"Mick Doherty"
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whether the image is loaded dynamically or at design time makes no
difference. If it was going to look right on a transparent background then
it quite obviously has transparent pixels. Use the OnPaint() subroutine to
create a region from the non transparent pixels of the image and apply it to the usercontrol.

Why can't I just set a transparency mask colour the same way I did in VB6?

[Mick Doherty]

You are not using VB6.

I would suspect that the thinking was, if the developer/user wishes to see
objects beneath their custom control then they will want to interact with
those objects, so rather than have to pass messages to the objects beneath
they will create shaped controls in order that the other control can receive
the messages directly, thus saving valuable resources and helping to fix one
of the major complaints about VB(VB apps are too slow).

Why do you want a control that is Transparent rather than shaped?
If you just want to be able to set a MaskColor then add this property to
your usercontrol and use that color to remove from the region instead of
Color.Transpare nt.
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"Mick Doherty"
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whether the image is loaded dynamically or at design time makes no
difference. If it was going to look right on a transparent background then it quite obviously has transparent pixels. Use the OnPaint() subroutine to create a region from the non transparent pixels of the image and apply

it to

the usercontrol.

Why can't I just set a transparency mask colour the same way I did in VB6?