Hi Grigore,

I forgot to respond to your other question. You can make a control transparent to the form but you can't make it transparent to another control underneath it. It is a limitation that Microsoft has stated that it might change in the future, according to other posts they have made.

>Hello
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>I had a very bad day today. I am trying to understand and learn VB.NET, but if anyone would ask me, I'd say it's UI interface sucks big time. Two simple questions:
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>How can one make a label transparent? If I choose 'transparent' as back color, the form underneath it is visible (i tested that), but the other controls (such as another textbox) aren't. How this come?
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>Is there a setting similar with LockScreen = .T.? I put three labels on a form and if I run the exe, I can see how they are drawn on form, one by one! Very fast, is true, but I still can see the process! what the hell? It can't draw three simple labels?
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>Maybe one can explain what I'm missing? It's extremely frustrating for me....
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>THank you