BUG: Label Control BackStyle Property Does Not Work

• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
• Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0

SYMPTOMS

When the Label Control BackStyle property is set to Transparent, the control is not be transparent at run-time. At run time, the control's BackColor is either the BackColor of the form as it was set at design time or as it was set during the Form_Load event.

RESOLUTION

If you use the Refresh method of the Label, the BackColor of the Label is updated to the BackColor of the form, but it will not be transparent.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Create a new Windows CE (HPC) Project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.



2. Add a Label to Form1, set its BackColor to blue, and its BackStyle to "0 - Transparent."



3. Add the following code to the form module:

   
         Private Sub Form_Click()
            Form1.BackColor = vbRed
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
            Form1.BackColor = vbGreen
         End Sub 




4. Press the F5 key to run the project and note that the Label BackColor is set to the form's BackColor, green.

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Contributions by Mike Dixon, Microsoft Corporation

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbToolkit kbVBp500bug kbVBp600bug kbWinCE100bug kbGrpVB
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug