Option Group formating in Tab Controls

[mhargraves]

I am new to MSAccess form creation, so forgive me if this is a simple question. I am using Access 2003 to set up a form with tabs that contains option groups. I can not find a way to make the option group's caption label be transparent but still mask out the option group's frame (the way you typically see these groups in dialog boxes).

Setting the label's properties to sunken and with transparent, color 0, hairline border gives me the masking and the proper background color matching to the tab's gradient color scheme, but it leave a visible border. Is there a solution to this aesthetic problem or is this just a limitation inherent to Access 2003?

 

[kzutter]

If the back color of the label is the same as the page color it will mask the frame. Transparent shows the frame. You say you have a gradient (from a picture I presume). Can you match the gradient fairly closely?

BTW - I gave up on 'Pixel-Perfect' designs a long time ago. The only one to notice was my ego.

 

[mhargraves]

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my original posting, but the option groups I mentioned are within the tabs, which have the gradient background that is default when the "Windows Themed Controls on Forms" option is active.
The back color can be matched closely by trail-and-error on each of the labels separately (the color needed changes depending on the location of the label in the tab due to the gradient), but I was hoping there was a more straight forward solution that was less labor intensive.