I am developing an ActiveX control using VC++ 6.0. The control has many picture properties such as background picture, button-foreground picture, etc.

Using SWF may be a better choice because primarily I need not be bothered about the size of the rendering rectangle. Secondly, the rendering of SWF's is faster than that of bitmaps.

The bitmaps are typically rendered transparently or translucently against some backcolor.

I wanted to know whether I can render SWF also transparently or translucently ?

If it is possible, can I handle all keyboard and mouse related operations over the rendering area of the SWF ?

Thanx in advance,
A die-hard Mysorean.