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  1. Apr 13th, 2000, 12:21 AM #1
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    How do i make a transparent gif in visual basic y'know what i mean with the picture showing but not the white background behind it...
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  2. Apr 13th, 2000, 12:43 AM #2
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    Wink No!

    Don't use GIFs... pleeeeeez!

    Ok, I think you have to put it into an Image instead of using a Picturebox...
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  3. Apr 15th, 2000, 03:50 AM #3
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    Why not gifs?

    I was just wondering why you shouldn't use gifs. Are they evil or something. Seriously, I want to know.

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    Well, they are very slow... really. And you can only have 256 colors... The only advantage is the 1-bit transparency which you can easy have with BitBlt or DDraw
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  6. Apr 15th, 2000, 07:01 PM #5
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    Bitmaps are better because they are specifically supported by GDI API
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  7. Apr 15th, 2000, 10:07 PM #6
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    Red face Bitmaps

    ...but bitmaps always struck me as cumbersome and unnecessary memory munchers. I have a tendency to use JPEGs anywhere other than in Picture boxes - am I right to do so?!?!?!?
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  8. Apr 16th, 2000, 10:23 PM #7
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    Well I don't know the specifics of how Jpegs are organized, but as far as I understand they're a compressed file format. So it's a bit like dealing with a zipped file. Bitmaps are a much more straightforward way of storing images, and (I would expect) easier and faster to deal with.
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