bitmap transparency in Visual Studio 2013 C++

Question

I\'m puzzled on this one. I use a program recommended on the forums to convert 32bit PNG to 32bit bitmaps with alpha channel. I add these to the resource editor and place

Answer 1

Building on @Zett42's answer, a simple pragma can also direct the compiler to use the 6 0 0 0 controls rather than using the manifest file.

#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' " "version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")