May be quicker to delete and re-create the textbox, and if that does not work, re-create the form.
Really weird that you are having an issue with such a basic feature.
Good luck

>>Are you setting the BackStyle property to transparent?
>>I just tried it and it works fine (I put a picture behind it)
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>>>I have a textbox that I want to be transparent. I go to properties and set the text box property from opaque to transparent, but when the form runs the text boxes are not transparent even though the setting is to transparent. It seems relatively simple to do, but it's a no go. Labels have been set to transparent and they work fine. So what have I forgotten?
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>I changed the color to the form's background color and got the same effect, but I was sure I had used the transparent setting with success sometime in my past.
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>Thank you for the confirmation. Maybe I should re-install VFP.