From: none@nospam.com   
      
   I have a form with some picture boxes as buttons. I'm setting the picture   
   property to a gif file for "normal", and to a different gif for the   
   "pressed" state. This works fine. I get into trouble with the fact that the   
   gif files have a transperent region in the middle (the button icon) that   
   lets the back color of the picture box show through. This lets me change the   
   button highlight to any user-specified color when I mouseover the picbox   
   (which is done very inefficiently I might add, but that's another story).   
      
   Everything works, except that I get occasional flicker that shows through   
   the image as the backcolor is changing. Is there a way to change the picture   
   box backcolor without any flicker? I've tried setting it to invisible and   
   then back, played with z-order, LockWindowUpdate API, etc., all to no avail.   
   Some type of memory painting/swapping maybe?   
      
   Any help is greatly appreciated. Any good advice for an efficient   
   "mouseover" event for controls would also be greatly appreciated.   
      
   Thanks much in advance   
      
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