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BUG: Transparent Label on Transparent Control Does Not Display

Article ID: 179052

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2003

Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q179052

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.

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.

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