[wxPython-users] Image Problem - loosing transparent background

[Robin Dunn]

Geoff Skerrett wrote:
> Hope someone can steer me in the right direction.
>  
> I have an application that displays a wx.StaticBitmap on a wx.Panel.
> The image is a .png image and has a transparent background.
> Within the application the image is loaded directly from a file.
>  
> When I run the application thru the editor (in this case WingIDE) the 
> image displays correctly and the background is transparent.
> When I run my setup script and create the exe thru py2exe, the image is 
> displayed, but the background is black.
> -- the attached file show and example if the image run through the 
> editor and then outside as an .exe
>  
> I have opened the image with several image editing utilities and they 
> ALL show the background as transparent.
>  
> Using WinXP SP2, Python 2.4, wxPython 2.8.1
>  
> Checked the MSVCRT71.dll versions too.  The .dll in the dir where the 
> application.exe is being run from reports the exact same version as the 
> one in the system32 directory.
>  
> I am stumped.  Any suggestion as to where to look next ??

You are probably not waving microsoft's magic wand over your EXE and 
pronouncing the dark incantation[1] that will cause it to use the new 
themed version of the common controls.  The old version of the static 
bitmap control does not support alpha transparency in the bitmap.

[1] Look for the magic "manifest" word here: 
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/DistributingYourApplication

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Robin Dunn
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