images in shape scripts

[Bob Spring]

Hi

I have created several images in PNG, WMF and EMF formats and loaded them into the image viewer. If I reference them in a shape script, they all have a background colour even though the original images have a transparent background.
If I reference the registered image by manually setting an elements alternative image, it happily honours the transparent background.

Why does it work manually but not via shape scripts?

Bob

[qwerty]

Probably because it's EA. Start a search on "transparent" or "transparency" on the forum. You will find quite some threads.

q.

[Bob Spring]

Yes, I read most of them.
They are for older versions and imply transparency doesn't work at all.

I am using Version 12.15.

Transparency is clearly supported, just shape scripts do something odd.

Bob

[Geert Bellekens]

Bob,

If I were you I would send a bug report to Sparx.
They usually respond pretty quickly to reports like that.

Geert