Transparent Labels too transparent

[richt]

Hi there,

I'm using transparent labels on a formex in order to tie the label's colour in with whatever windows theme is in use but unfortunately the labels are just a little too transparent and take the MDI forms beneath the new form as the label background instead of the form itself.

Is this a .Net bug?

I've attached a JPG to demonstrate.

Cheers,
Rich

 

[agraham]

A FormEx handles its background differently to a standard Basic4ppc Form as it doesn't have a Forelayer and backlayer. A transparent label won't draw properly on a FormEx as when it is transparent it tries to draw its background from the Form background bitmap which contains the Forms forelayer and backlayer - which don't exist on a FormEx.

 

[richt]

Thanks Agraham. So I need to research retrieving the system's colours and assigning them to my controls.

Cheers,
Rich

 

[agraham]

Can't you just do

Label1.Color = FormEx1.Color

 

[richt]

Can't you just do

Label1.Color = FormEx1.Color

Yes. Yes I can. :sign0161: :sign0060:

Thank you!

Rich