When this OCX is dropped onto the form, it makes it EXTREMELY easy to set the WHOLE FROM Transparent (well everything except the controls). It can also just set the container transparent (everthing except the controls and the title bar). Please give this a go and give m some feedback as i'm new to this stuff. NB: The original code is not mine i've just downloaded it from somewhere and made it alot better (well, i thinks so anyway). This zip comes with an example app and a compiled OCX.