Problem with ActiveX Transparencies

[But_Why]

If I set the BackStyle of my UserControl to 0 - Transparent, and then have labels on my usercontrol that are also set to Transparent, then i can't see the Caption of my Labels . Is this a known problem, or is there something i am missing to make it so i can see the captions?
The forecolor isn't the same as the backcolor, just in case you were wondering.
What am i doing wrong here?
BW

[peet]

Hi there But_Why, I'm sorry I cant offer u a solution to u'r problem, I have however found a description of it in MSDN:

BUG: Transparent Label on Transparent Control Does Not Display
ID: Q179052


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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
The Label text on a UserControl does not appear or appears "jagged" when the UserControl is placed in a container.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the BackStyle property of both the Label control and the UserControl are set to Transparent. If the Font property of the Label control is set to a TrueType font, the Label text appears "jagged." If the Font property of the Label control is set to a non-TrueType font, the Label text does not appear at all.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Start a new ActiveX control project in Visual Basic. UserControl1 is created by default.


Set the BackStyle property of UserControl1 to 0-Transparent.


Add a Label control to UserControl1. Set the BackStyle property of the Label control to 0-Transparent. Enter some text in the Caption property, such as "Hello World." Close the UserControl1 control.


Add a Standard EXE project to the project by completing the following steps:


From the File menu, click Add Project. The Add Project dialog box appears.


From the New Tab, click Standard EXE.


Click Open to close the dialog box. Form1 is created by default.





Add the UserControl you created in the previous steps to Form1. Note that the caption in the Label control does not appear.



Additional query words: ocx user kbcontrol kbactivex control kbdsi kbDSupport kbVBp500
kbVBp600 kbVBp

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Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Technology :


Last Reviewed: June 22, 1999
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seems like the problem u'r having .

[But_Why]

I had just found that too

http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q179/0/52.ASP

Bugger... well that sucks. hmmm back to the drawing board on that one i reckon.
BW

[peet]

I found it on the MSDN CD so i had to post the damn thing

well a good thing no trees were harmed