[AccessD] Background color when modifying

Thanks guys.  It is indeed transparent but a funky color.  Setting the color to white and 
transparent fixes the problem.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 9/13/2011 9:18 AM, jm.hwsn wrote:
> John, I had that happen to me too.
> Check the background color of the label.
> What happens is when you modify the text the background color is shown.
> So change it to white and it'll work for you.
> Jim
>
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>
> I am working on a database.  The labels are apparently transparent and the
> form has a background
> pattern (one of those auto form thingies).  When I click in the label for a
> control and then click
> again to edit the caption, the background color turns this obnoxious dark
> red-ish brown and makes it
> darned near impossible to see the blue font.
>
> Does anyone know if that is a property somewhere that I can modify?  This is
> not a runtime property,
> it is a design time property.
>