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

[LaVolpe]

The static colors you mentioned are what I call the Halftones. The default palette types offered are halftones for 16 & 256 colors.

The user (the coder, not a customer) has full control.
- If coder wants default colorless reduction, then if reduction results in 4bpp or 1bpp that's what they get, whether the palette contains halftones or not.
- If coder wants palette reduction to 256, 16 or b&W using default palettes, then the colors are guaranteed to be halftones
- Likewise, the coder can provide their own palettes

This control isn't the decision maker, other than ensuring the saved image can be read in the image format it is saved in. What colors, effects, sizes, etc, etc, are in the coders hands. If someone wants to argue that the coder doesn't know whether an icon should be paletted in hafltones, or if WinZip will accept it if not, then the coder needs to do the research as you did. The control offers a ton of flexibility, it forces nothing on the coder without offering other options/workarounds.