Textbox with Transparent Background

I am wanting to display a logo on a form (no problem). I also want that logo to be visible the entire time the form is visible. The problem occurs when I have a text box over the logo.

How can I remove the background of the text box and retain the text and the scroll bars?

'Code from Matthew Gates

Code:

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Private Const WS_EX_TRANSPARENT = &H20&
Private Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)

Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" _
  Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
  ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long


Private Function MakeTextboxTransparent(TxtCtl As Object) As Boolean

On Error Resume Next
TxtCtl.BackColor = TxtCtl.Parent.BackColor
SetWindowLong TxtCtl.hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
MakeTextboxTransparent = Err.LastDllError = 0

End Function


Private Sub Form_Paint()
    Text1.Appearance = 0
    Text1.BorderStyle = 0
    MakeTextboxTransparent Text1
End Sub

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I've seen this code before. I just tried it again and it does not work. The textbox back color changes to the frm's back color and thats an easy one.

JamesM,

That code makes the textbox transparent, but the back colour of the text box becomes the back colour of the from, not the picture on the form

- gaffa

Not really. The line 'TxtCtl.BackColor = TxtCtl.Parent.BackColor' does the coloring. If you rem this line out and leave the textbox back color white; when the project is ran the textbox back color is still white not the color of the form.

I see, doesn't create true transparency. That is a problem then isn't it...

You can't change the background colout of the textbox to match the picture?