Re: What control is being painted?

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From: Blair Bonnett (blairb_at_nospam.paradise.net.nz)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:13:22 +1300

Thanks for pointing that out. I was under the impression that
Transparent meant they would not paint a background colour, but just
write the text (or whatever) on top of what was already there. At least
this behavior makes sense now...

Mick Doherty wrote:
> Only controls with their BackColor set to Transparent will paint themselves
> with the custom background. Other controls will paint themselves with the
> color set in their BackColor property, or if not explicitly set, with the
> color set in their parents BackColor property.
>
> If this is not the behaviour you are seeing, then you have encountered a bug
> or, more likely, have missed something in your code or control property
> settings, e.g. you have placed labels on a Transparent Panel.

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