PNGs with transparency

[Scotte Meredith]

Thanks, Mischa. This was also happening on Mac. In this case, it is a logo that may be in PNG or JPG format. I got some guidance from others I'm going to try.


> On May 23, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Mischa <mischa at omnislab.com> wrote:
> 
> From my experience on Windows, picture fields are not transparent but opaque. They will show the background however when you assign a parent background theme. If you want/need real transparency, you should place your graphics into #ICONS and assign it as BMPStyle to a text field.
> 
> Hth
> Mischa
> 
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> Von: omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en-bounces at lists.omnis-dev.com> Im Auftrag von Scotte Meredith
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2022 05:45
> An: OmnisDev List - English <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>
> Betreff: Re: PNGs with transparency
> 
> I’m on Mac. I was surprised it didn’t work. With your confirmation and a similar one sent to me directly I’ll go back and look again and try to simplify to get it working then try again on the problematic window. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On May 17, 2022, at 8:41 PM, Paul Mulroney via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Scotte,
>> 
>> We do that in Studio 8.1 and 10.2 - one of our clients has a company logo with transparency.  It displays OK on the Mac, but we've had issues with Windows 10.
>> 
>> What platform are you having issues with?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Paul.
>> 
>>> On 17 May 2022, at 8:05 pm, Scotte Meredith <spomacguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> From what I've been able to determine, you cannot use transparent PNGs in picture fields in an Omnis window. The transparent portion shows as black. I've tried various combinations in the appearance tab to no avail.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone else confirm this? Or have a workaround?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Scotte Meredith
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Scotte Meredith
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