[vb6]Alpha Image Control v2 - Final Update (15 Jan 2012)

[LaVolpe]

...Update: Ah! Upon further reading of your control source comments, I noticed the comment about loading from the handle instead. So basically I'm now using..

Set AlphaImgCtl.Picture = LoadPictureGDIplus(PictureBox.Picture.Handle)

Glad you figured it out, some notes for clarification only

1) You can't do: Set AlphaImgCtl1.Picture = Picturebox1.Picture because the Picturebox object's .Picture property is a stdPicture class. The AlphaImgCtl object's .Picture property is a GDIpImage class. A type mismatch error should occur.

2) You can load a picturebox's picture a couple of ways
a) by handle as you described
b) also: Set AlphaImgCtl1.Picture = LoadPictureGDIplus(Picture1.Picture)

Edited: Note that by handle will fail if the picture is a metafile & transparency lost if transparent GIF. I'd recommend staying with option 2b above as a general rule.