When the Label Control BackStyle property is set to Transparent, the control is not be transparent at run-time. At run time, the control's BackColor is either the BackColor of the form as it was set at design time or as it was set during the Form_Load event.

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If you use the Refresh method of the Label, the BackColor of the Label is updated to the BackColor of the form, but it will not be transparent.

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1.	Create a new Windows CE project in either Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2.	Add a Label to Form1, set its BackColor to blue, and its BackStyle to "0 - Transparent."
3.	Add the following code to the form module: Private Sub Form_Click() Form1.BackColor = vbRed End Sub Private Sub Form_Load() Form1.BackColor = vbGreen End Sub
4.	Press F5 to run the project and note that the Label BackColor is set to the form's BackColor, green.

RESULT: Click the form and note that the form's BackColor changes to red, whereas the label's BackColor remains green.

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