JPEG doesn't support transparency. Also, it's designed for photograph-like pictures, so you'll likely get artifacts on things like logos.
BMP can have transparency, but I don't know if MSI supports that (before Windows 8 / Server 2012). -- Nicolás 2013/10/9 Tunney, Stephen <stephen.tun...@nuance.com>: > JPG worked but now I get this crappy looking background around my image. > Isn't there a way to specify the a specific colour as transparent or do I > have to have my background match the colour of the dialog box? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto:stephen.tun...@nuance.com] > Sent: October-09-13 1:57 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error code is 2858 > > Negative on the animation of the GIF. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Ogilvie [mailto:steven.ogil...@titus.com] > Sent: October-09-13 1:00 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Error code is 2858 > > Is it an animated GIF? > > If not why not use a BMP instead? I believe dialogs can only use BMP... > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tunney, Stephen [mailto:stephen.tun...@nuance.com] > Sent: October-09-13 12:20 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Error code is 2858 > > Hello everyone, > > I'm getting this error as a debug message when attempting to display two GIF > images in a UI. > > I have attached them to this email. Below is the dialog utilizing those > files. Some OSes show the images ok. Others do not. Any suggestions would > be helpful as I have Google'd and nothing is coming up yet: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
