Odd shaped controls

[barrie]

My question is similar to Wangeng's question on 3/31 concerning shapes being buttons, except I am looking for a way to make a picture box be other than rectangular. The effect I am looking for is sort of a sunken light. I realize I could use a normal picture box as a guide and draw the desired shape in a graphics program (i.e., Paint Shop Pro), then simply place the resulting picture in an image control, but then I am faced with a color problem; namely, what if the user has a different Windows color scheme than mine. The "odd" portions of the picture (those parts that are supposed to appear to be the form but are in fact part of the picture) will be a different color than the form, causing the desired effect to be lost.

Also, d_yard's suggestion of using the VB Shaped Form Creator won't work the author doesn't appear to have made the source available.

I would appreciate any suggestions!

[Gen-X]

Make it a non-interlaves Gif 89a which allows you to set a transparency colour such that the "background" on your image will always show through the correct window's colour scheme.

[kedaman]

You can change the region for a regular picturebox with some API's