My code also sets the backstyle of the container to 0 - transparent. Try this:

WITH .Page1.Container1
	.Style = 3
	.backstyle = 0    && add this
	.move(10,10,.Parent.Parent.PageWidth-20,.Parent.Parent.Pageheight-20)
	.Label1.move(10,10,.Width-20,.height-20)
ENDWITH

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>Try setting the Style property of the Container to 3 - Themed. This works for me in VFP8 or VFP9 beta, after I do that the label has the expected backcolor.
>
>
>Sorry Jim, of course i has set Container.Style = Themed.
>
>Run this, i see Label's back color still fixed to the Form backcolor :
>

>PUBLIC oform1
>
>oform1=NEWOBJECT("form1")
>oform1.Show
>RETURN
>
>DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
>
>	Height = 194
>	Width = 339
>	DoCreate = .T.
>	Caption = "Form1"
>	BackColor = RGB(255,0,0)
>
>	PROCEDURE Resize
>		WITH this.Pageframe1
>			.move(10,10,.Parent.Width-20,.Parent.height-20)
>			WITH .Page1.Container1
>				.Style = 3
>				.move(10,10,.Parent.Parent.PageWidth-20,.Parent.Parent.Pageheight-20)
>				.Label1.move(10,10,.Width-20,.height-20)
>			ENDWITH
>		ENDWITH
>	ENDPROC
>
>
>	PROCEDURE Init
>		this.AddObject('pageFrame1','pageframe')
>		WITH this.Pageframe1
>			.PageCount = 1
>			WITH .Page1
>				.AddObject('Container1','container')
>				WITH .Container1
>                                        .Style = 3  && <== Container is themed
>					.AddObject('Label1','label')
>					.Label1.Style = 3 && <== Label is themed
>				ENDWITH
>			ENDWITH
>		ENDWITH
>		this.SetAll('Visible',.T.)
>		this.Resize
>	ENDPROC
>
>ENDDEFINE
>

>
>Thanks,
>Fabio