ACC: Form Control Is Not Transparent When It Gets Focus

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.
2. Open the Employees form in Design view.
3. On the View menu, click Properties.
4. Click the Last Name Text Box, and set its BackStyle property to Transparent.
5. On the View menu, click Form. Note that the background color of the Last Name control matches the background color of the detail section on the form.
6. Click the Last Name control so that it has the focus. Note that the background color changes to white.
7. Click another control on the form to move the focus away from the Last Name control. Note that the background color of the Last Name control changes to match the background color of the detail section on the form.
8. On the View menu, click Form Design.
9. Click the Last Name control and set its BackColor property to -2147483633, which is the same as the BackColor property setting for the detail section on the form.
10. On the View menu, click Form. Click in and out of the Last Name control and note that the background color remains the same, whether or not the control has the focus.