Re: No transparency in Vi

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From	"Lela" <lela@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject	Re: No transparency in Vi
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Lela <LelaM@...> wrote in news:Xns9940A061E60FCa@208.49.82.28:

> Frame and JFrame's SetIconImage() does not respect transparency in Vista 
> when using a JVM prior to 1.6.
> 
> Any ideas on possible alternatives (other than drawing the entire frame 
> myself)?
> 
> BTW, I can't upgrade to 1.6 because:
>   The application has already been downloaded to many customers using an 
> older (pre-1.5) JVM.
>   Many versions of the program are still burned on CDs on store shelves.
>   We use an autoupdater that doesn't support replacing the JVM.
> 
> 
> -Lela
> 

Thanks for replying.

The icon transparency works fine on XP using 1.4.2.x, 1.5, and 1.6.

I am using a PNG file.  I tried using a GIF and even building the image 
using the ImageIO library (as opposed to the usual ImageIcon.getImage() 
method I previously used), but nothing seems to help.

-Lela

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