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I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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Hi Tom,
The Picture toolbar has a special control that is designed to make any background color you click transparent. First select your picture with your mouse. Then, display the Picture toolbar, by right-clicking over the toolbar area and selecting the Picture toolbar from the shortcut menu. On this toolbar, the second button from the right button is called Set Transparent Color. Click this button and your cursor will turn into a downward-pointing arrow just like the picture on the toolbar button. Place the tip of the downward-pointing arrow on the color of your image that you want to make transparent and then click. That's all you need to do, the color you clicked on will become transparent. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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Rob
Thank you for your answer. The background color is already set to transparent. The picture will be displayed correctly with Excel 97, 2000 & 2002, but with Excel 2003 it is displayed very ugly. Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, The Picture toolbar has a special control that is designed to make any background color you click transparent. First select your picture with your mouse. Then, display the Picture toolbar, by right-clicking over the toolbar area and selecting the Picture toolbar from the shortcut menu. On this toolbar, the second button from the right button is called Set Transparent Color. Click this button and your cursor will turn into a downward-pointing arrow just like the picture on the toolbar button. Place the tip of the downward-pointing arrow on the color of your image that you want to make transparent and then click. That's all you need to do, the color you clicked on will become transparent. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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Hi Tom,
Have you set the background color as transparent using Excel 2003 and saved it there? That's the only way to have any image appear properly in Excel 2003. It uses a different underlying drawing method for its graphics than previous versions, so if you set the image to transparent in any previous version it will not appear transparent in Excel 2003. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Rob Thank you for your answer. The background color is already set to transparent. The picture will be displayed correctly with Excel 97, 2000 & 2002, but with Excel 2003 it is displayed very ugly. Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, The Picture toolbar has a special control that is designed to make any background color you click transparent. First select your picture with your mouse. Then, display the Picture toolbar, by right-clicking over the toolbar area and selecting the Picture toolbar from the shortcut menu. On this toolbar, the second button from the right button is called Set Transparent Color. Click this button and your cursor will turn into a downward-pointing arrow just like the picture on the toolbar button. Place the tip of the downward-pointing arrow on the color of your image that you want to make transparent and then click. That's all you need to do, the color you clicked on will become transparent. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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Rob
I saved the image as gif with the option "alphatransparent" (with Macromedia Fireworks) and stored it in the Excel worksheet. When I try to set the background color of the picture in Excel to "transparent" (as you described), the picture becomes complety transparent, then I displayed this "completely transparent picture" as coomandbar symbol, but the background of the commandbar symbol is white and not transparent?!? Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, Have you set the background color as transparent using Excel 2003 and saved it there? That's the only way to have any image appear properly in Excel 2003. It uses a different underlying drawing method for its graphics than previous versions, so if you set the image to transparent in any previous version it will not appear transparent in Excel 2003. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Rob Thank you for your answer. The background color is already set to transparent. The picture will be displayed correctly with Excel 97, 2000 & 2002, but with Excel 2003 it is displayed very ugly. Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, The Picture toolbar has a special control that is designed to make any background color you click transparent. First select your picture with your mouse. Then, display the Picture toolbar, by right-clicking over the toolbar area and selecting the Picture toolbar from the shortcut menu. On this toolbar, the second button from the right button is called Set Transparent Color. Click this button and your cursor will turn into a downward-pointing arrow just like the picture on the toolbar button. Place the tip of the downward-pointing arrow on the color of your image that you want to make transparent and then click. That's all you need to do, the color you clicked on will become transparent. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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Hi Tom,
I wonder if it has something to do with the file format? You might try copying and pasting it into something very simple like the Paint program that comes with Windows, then copy it back to Excel and try again. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the problem is. I create custom commandbar button faces using this method pretty frequently, so I know it works with simple bitmap images. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Rob I saved the image as gif with the option "alphatransparent" (with Macromedia Fireworks) and stored it in the Excel worksheet. When I try to set the background color of the picture in Excel to "transparent" (as you described), the picture becomes complety transparent, then I displayed this "completely transparent picture" as coomandbar symbol, but the background of the commandbar symbol is white and not transparent?!? Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, Have you set the background color as transparent using Excel 2003 and saved it there? That's the only way to have any image appear properly in Excel 2003. It uses a different underlying drawing method for its graphics than previous versions, so if you set the image to transparent in any previous version it will not appear transparent in Excel 2003. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Rob Thank you for your answer. The background color is already set to transparent. The picture will be displayed correctly with Excel 97, 2000 & 2002, but with Excel 2003 it is displayed very ugly. Tom "Rob Bovey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi Tom, The Picture toolbar has a special control that is designed to make any background color you click transparent. First select your picture with your mouse. Then, display the Picture toolbar, by right-clicking over the toolbar area and selecting the Picture toolbar from the shortcut menu. On this toolbar, the second button from the right button is called Set Transparent Color. Click this button and your cursor will turn into a downward-pointing arrow just like the picture on the toolbar button. Place the tip of the downward-pointing arrow on the color of your image that you want to make transparent and then click. That's all you need to do, the color you clicked on will become transparent. -- Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP Application Professionals http://www.appspro.com/ * Please post all replies to this newsgroup * * I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses * "Tom" wrote in message ... Hi I created a customized toolbar with my own symbols, but with Excel 2003 the symbols are displayed very ugly. I'm using the following script to display the symbols: Sub Example() Dim cbrCtrl As CommandBarControl ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Shapes(1).Copy Set cbrCtrl = Application.CommandBars("Tools").Controls.Add With cbrCtrl .Caption = "Hello World" .OnAction = ThisWorkbook.Name & "!blabla" .PasteFace End With Application.CutCopyMode = False End Sub The problem is, that the symbols won't be converted to a transparent picture. Well, I found the following articles, which describes the solution, but these examples are too difficult for me: http://support.microsoft.com/default...71&Product=ofw HOWTO: Create a Transparent Picture For Office CommandBar Buttons http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=ofw HOW TO: Set the Mask Property and the Picture Property for an Office 2003 CommandBar Button What I need is an example to create a transparent picture. The picture is stored is within the workbbok (not a file). I'm willing to pay for it!!! If there is anybody out there who can help me please contact me. Tom |
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afaik
excel doesnt use 32bit alpha transparency, but 24bit "indexed" transparency where 1 color is designated as the "transparent" color. From photoshop: save copy as, bitmap, select 24bit in options popup From fireworks: in preview select optimize option: BMP 24, then export. suc6 keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Rob Bovey" wrote: Hi Tom, I wonder if it has something to do with the file format? You might try copying and pasting it into something very simple like the Paint program that comes with Windows, then copy it back to Excel and try again. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the problem is. I create custom commandbar button faces using this method pretty frequently, so I know it works with simple bitmap images. |
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keepitcool
Thanks. I saved the picture now in the format BMP 24, but now the background color of the picture is displayed in black... Tom "keepitcool" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... afaik excel doesnt use 32bit alpha transparency, but 24bit "indexed" transparency where 1 color is designated as the "transparent" color. From photoshop: save copy as, bitmap, select 24bit in options popup From fireworks: in preview select optimize option: BMP 24, then export. suc6 keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Rob Bovey" wrote: Hi Tom, I wonder if it has something to do with the file format? You might try copying and pasting it into something very simple like the Paint program that comes with Windows, then copy it back to Excel and try again. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the problem is. I create custom commandbar button faces using this method pretty frequently, so I know it works with simple bitmap images. |
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I've got a downloadable addin called FaceIT on my site. It can load all 10000 FaceID's in office2003 and help you store/load separate bitmap's (or pictures) for mask and picture into 1 icon. Download it,experiment a little. Have a look at the code. For questions re the addin please email. keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Tom" wrote: keepitcool Thanks. I saved the picture now in the format BMP 24, but now the background color of the picture is displayed in black... Tom "keepitcool" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... afaik excel doesnt use 32bit alpha transparency, but 24bit "indexed" transparency where 1 color is designated as the "transparent" color. From photoshop: save copy as, bitmap, select 24bit in options popup From fireworks: in preview select optimize option: BMP 24, then export. suc6 keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Rob Bovey" wrote: Hi Tom, I wonder if it has something to do with the file format? You might try copying and pasting it into something very simple like the Paint program that comes with Windows, then copy it back to Excel and try again. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what the problem is. I create custom commandbar button faces using this method pretty frequently, so I know it works with simple bitmap images. |
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