OutlookBar - Alpha/32bit image support?

I was just wondering if the OutlookBar has a way to handle 32bit icon (.ICO) files for a button image.  I can get the icons to load in just fine, but any icon that seems to use transparancy gets a little black border drawn around it and any alpha blending is lost.  If it doesn't handle it, is there a way that I could subclass the OutlookBar Button's draw event?

Thanks for all the support!

It's a bug inherant in the framework, I'm afraid. You should consider using PNG images instead of icons - assigning a 32bit PNG image to that property will work just fine. There are many utility applications out there that will do the job of converting a 32bit ICO to PNG format.