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Visual Basic Mouse Over Image Question

I have twenty custom button images on a main menu.  Font color black.  Visible=True
I made twenty other identical images directly over each.  Font color yellow. Visible=False
When the mouse passes over a black font button,  I turn the visible property of the yellow button on and off when it hits the regular background.  Works great except that randomly a button blinks instead of just transitioning  smoothly from one font color to the other.  Any suggestions how to correct the occasional blinking or a better technique? Thank You
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GarySB

8/22/2022 - Mon
Martin Liss

What kind of buttons are they and can you zip up and attach your project?
GarySB

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Below are two Subs. The first activates when the mouse passes over a menu selection. I basically swipe out one image for the highlighted one and change it back when the user moves the mouse off of the image.  When I move the mouse over all the buttons, it goes well and then one of the images will completely blink instead of just smoothly changing to the highlighted image I am passing. It seems to happen randomly to any one of them.  I originally tried just turning the visibility value true & false, but I had the same performance result, Thanks for your assistance.

Private Sub LevelClick_cmd_MouseMove(Index As Integer, Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)

    ' LevelClick_cmd(20) Images are black font
    ' LevelClick_cmd3(20) Images are yellow font
      
    ' If they are on the same selection then do nothing.
    If SImage = Index Then Exit Sub
   
    ' turn off previous highlighted yellow image
    If SImage > 0 Then
        ' yellow
        LevelClick_cmd(SImage).Picture = ImageTransport.Picture
    End If
   
    SImage = Index  ' set variable to current image mouse is over
           
        ' save original image to put back
        ImageTransport.Picture = LevelClick_cmd(SImage).Picture
      ' now highlight
        LevelClick_cmd(SImage).Picture = LevelClick_cmd3(SImage).Picture

End Sub

(red_img is the menu background)
Private Sub red_img_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)

    ' switch image back to original if user moves mouse off image.
    If SImage > 0 Then
        LevelClick_cmd(SImage).Picture = ImageTransport.Picture
        SImage = 0
    End If

End Sub
Martin Liss

Let me ask again - can you zip up and attach your project?
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GarySB

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The two Subs I provided are complete.
The actual project is too large, plus the extra code has nothing to do with the main menu image flickering.  Before I did not highlight the command buttons I used when the mouse past over.  I think it looks much better this way.
GarySB

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One other point! I am not using a timer so no delay should be happening.
Martin Liss

Without the actual project I won't be able to see what happens and debug the code. Create a zip file, upload it to www.mediafire.com and post the resulting URL.
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GarySB

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The Image does not have the quality to clearly swap objects without resulting in blinking.  After many hours of trying I just substituted with Picture objects and they work great.  I could not upload my project as requested, so I had to come up with an alternative.