Pixmap problems

["pat eyler" <p_eyler hotmail com>]

I'm trying to load a pixmap into a panel applet with the following
code:

use Gnome::Applet;
init Gnome::AppletWidget 'myapplet.pl';

my $applet = new Gnome::AppletWidget 'myapplet.pl';
$applet->realize();

( $pixmap, $mask ) =
 Gtk::Gdk::Pixmap->create_from_xpm( $applet->window,
                                     $style,
                                     "./green-cloud-large.xpm" )
   or die "$!";

$image = new Gtk::Pixmap( $pixmap, $mask );
$image->show();
$applet->add($image);
$applet->show();


but each time I try to run it it dies with the error:

transparent_color is not of type Gtk::Gdk::Color at ./panel.pl line 5.

the xpm has no transparent pixels, although it does contain:
/* XPM */
static char * green_cloud_large_xpm[] = {
"64 64 32 1",
"  c None",
". c #FFFFFF",
"+ c #000000",
"@ c #042C0A",
"# c #042308",

as the first part of the header.  I'm obviously screwing something up, but 
I'm not sure what.  Any hints?

thanks,
-pate
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