OnPaintBackground does not fire!!

[rnvrnv]

hi, i am creating a class that inherits LinkLabel. I am trying to override the method OnPaintBackground to make it transparent but it seems it is not fired. any idea why or how can i make my LinkLabel transparent? regards, rnv

[leppie]

Not sure, but add this to your constructor. SetStyles(ControlStyles.Opaque, false);

xacc.ide-0.1.3.2

[rnvrnv]

thanks but i should have mentioned that i am doing this for my Smart phone application (using Compact Framework 2.0). and it does not have SetStyle method.