Visual Studio resource editor does not support current 32bpp .ico format by BetterToday

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Type:	Suggestion
ID:	638492
Opened:	1/26/2011 7:49:38 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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I learned that the .ico format now supports 32 bits per pixel, supporting semi-transparent images.

I have created an .ico file using Visual Studio. Apparently, Visual Studio does not provide any tools to create semi-transparent images.

Here's the Microsoft forum thread where this is discussed:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winforms/thread/6088b3be-bb92-4c9e-840f-bbe1e9274939/

Regards,
Axel Dahmen
www.axeldahmen.de

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Visual Studio 2010

Compatibility

* Open any .ico file in Visual Studio

German

Windows 7 Server

German

The current image editor only support legacy 1 bit transpareny.

The Visual Studio image editor should support full 32 bit image editing, including 8 bit alpha channels.

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Posted by RongLu on 1/30/2013 at 1:47 PM

Hello Axel,

Thank you for sending us feedback! Just to make sure we understand the request - by "create semi-transparent images" do you mean you'd like to have the ability to modify the transparency of .ico files (changing alpha value)? We're aware of this limitation and will be adding this support in a future release of Visual Studio. If this is not what you meant, please let us know...

Thanks and best regards,
Rong Lu
Program Manager, Visual Studio team

Posted by Microsoft on 1/26/2011 at 7:58 AM

Thank you for your feedback, we are currently reviewing the issue you have submitted. If this issue is urgent, please contact support directly(http://support.microsoft.com)

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