Label API?

[Jefe]

Is there a way to change the color of the border color in a standard label control? When you change the label's appearance property to 'Flat' and borderstyle to 'Fixed Single,' it gives the label a black border. Is there a way to change the color of the border though some API method?

[_bman_]

Someone correct me if i'm wrong.

You are going to be stuck with what vb gives you. A label is no more than telling vb to draw something on a form. Since this is a vb only operation, windows does not know that the label exists and therefore cannot manipulate it in any way.

[Frans C]

Yes, I think the only way is to draw a line over them.

[Frans C]

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Call DrawBorder(Label1, vbRed)
End Sub

Private Sub DrawBorder(lbl As Label, Color As OLE_COLOR)
    With lbl
        Me.Line (.Left, .Top)-(.Left + .Width - Screen.TwipsPerPixelX, .Top + .Height - Screen.TwipsPerPixelY), Color, B
    End With
End Sub

[Sam Finch]

or just stick a Shape Control behind it.