PowerPoint Controls

[Rajesh Birelly]

Hello,
I created a Transparent ActiveX control using VB 6.0 . It's
working fine when I inserting on the form,but it loosing it's Transparent
property when I am inserting on the PowerPoint Slide.I tried with the
MaskColor,MaskPicture Property but could not get it.
Can anybody help me!!!

I heard that first a transparent picture should be inserted and when
clicking on it the ActiveX Control is shown.

Does anybody has the code sample, please......

Thanks in Advance!!!!
Rajesh

 

[Shyam Pillai]

I am not sure about this since I have not tried it. But even the MS Forms
control lose their transparency when drawn on the slide. They work fine in
the slide view but fail in the slide show view.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality that you are looking for.

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