"gene kelley" wrote:

> On Sat, 20 May 2006 16:35:01 -0700, Dennis
> <Den***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have about 50 images in my application as "embedded resources".  They are
> >Icon size (16x16 and 24x24 and 32x32).  I can use either the bitmap version
> >or convert them to Icons.  Either way seems to work ok (I make the color of
> >the upper left pixel in the bitmap's the transparent color).  I noted that
> >the Icons take up 25k and the bitmaps only 1k).  Which would be the
> >recommended way to go, i.e., icons or bitmaps in my imagelist?  Any guidance
> >would be appreciated (VB.Net 2003)
>
> There are standard type  icons and then there are XP type icons, not
> to mention bitmap and png formats.
>
> The 25k icon size may indicate that it's a multi-res icon.  When I run
> across a multi-res file where I only want one particular icon size, I
> extract that icon for use in which case the icon is usually about 1K.
> I have run into mult-res files that can run as high as 96k.
>
> I'm not sure what VB2003 supports as the toolbar and menu in that
> version has been replaced with toolstrip and menustrip in VB2005.
>
> I personally use XP type icons as first choice, otherwise png files.
> They are 32 bit where the background is always transparent without
> regard to any transparent color key.  If any of the various sizes are
> of the same icon, I'll make a multi-res icon rather than two or three
> separate icons. 
>
> Gene
>