VFast Transparency

I am using a .GIF with a transparent background, on an image control, which has a transparent background.

Loading .GIFs in VB is stupidly slow, but check out this! I have included a timer function, so that you can see just how stupidly fast this is.

Change the value of AAA in the Form_Load() to 300. That results in 3600 48x48 pic moves in ~0.2 sec on my P2-300.

I know this method is not perfect for everyone's needs, but Oh, Man does it fit mine!:D

Are you sure you're not programing a strobe light?

Confucious - please don't dig up ancient threads.... Let this one RIP.

well done

Hooley Dooley this is an old thread. I was very suprised to see it again.

You may want to check out the TransparentBLT API call. It enables you to load bitmaps with a transparent color. It is part of the msimg32 library.

TransparentBLT causes memory leaks.
Making a picture mask and using two BitBlts help conserve your memory.