Add In icons

[Anonymous]

Hello,
I've been following the same rules with regard to the colour of my icons as
those of the bitmaps we use for macro buttons, however when used for an
icon, the pink turns out black, How do we get a transparent background to
our add ins?

Thanks

Scott

[Anonymous]

The Picture you use for a icon has to have its transparency set. In Paint Shop Pro there
is a option when saving a graphics file to gif and bmp I think that you can set one pallet
color to transparent.

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"Scott" wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I've been following the same rules with regard to the colour of my icons as
> those of the bitmaps we use for macro buttons, however when used for an
> icon, the pink turns out black, How do we get a transparent background to
> our add ins?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott
>
>

[Anonymous]

I've always just set the background to the normal gray color (I guess
however of course if people tweak their default settings in Windows this
could cause problems)

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"Kent Keller" wrote in message
news:A6D2493754CAFF56D0DE501C9B098EE1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> The Picture you use for a icon has to have its transparency set. In
Paint Shop Pro there
> is a option when saving a graphics file to gif and bmp I think that you
can set one pallet
> color to transparent.
>
> --
> Kent
> Assistant Moderator
> Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
>
>
> "Scott" wrote in message
> news:63BA205AE9EA50D9E26605CF19BA02C8@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hello,
> > I've been following the same rules with regard to the colour of my icons
as
> > those of the bitmaps we use for macro buttons, however when used for an
> > icon, the pink turns out black, How do we get a transparent background
to
> > our add ins?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

For icons, you must use Magenta as the background color (RGB 255,0,255) to
be transparent and for images (i.e. on buttons) the lower left pixel becomes
the transparent color.

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Thanks,

Mike

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"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> I've always just set the background to the normal gray color (I guess
> however of course if people tweak their default settings in Windows this
> could cause problems)
>
> --
> Sean Dotson, PE
> http://www.sdotson.com
> Check the Inventor FAQ for most common questions
> www.sdotson.com/faq.html
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ------
> "Kent Keller" wrote in message
> news:A6D2493754CAFF56D0DE501C9B098EE1@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > The Picture you use for a icon has to have its transparency set. In
> Paint Shop Pro there
> > is a option when saving a graphics file to gif and bmp I think that you
> can set one pallet
> > color to transparent.
> >
> > --
> > Kent
> > Assistant Moderator
> > Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program
> >
> >
> > "Scott" wrote in message
> > news:63BA205AE9EA50D9E26605CF19BA02C8@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Hello,
> > > I've been following the same rules with regard to the colour of my
icons
> as
> > > those of the bitmaps we use for macro buttons, however when used for
an
> > > icon, the pink turns out black, How do we get a transparent
background
> to
> > > our add ins?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Anonymous]

It is not necessary to use Magenta. Most of the tool icons on the
bottom of KWiKViews have gray backgrounds but you don't see the gray
when they are inserted into the form.

Here is the Save Option dialog in Paint Shop Pro 4. You can see that
you can set transparency to any 1 color you want.

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"Mike Ficarra" wrote in message
news:B7C409B04292BC529409A835A3A97CE4@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> For icons, you must use Magenta as the background color (RGB
255,0,255) to
> be transparent and for images (i.e. on buttons) the lower left pixel
becomes
> the transparent color.