Transparent Property

Transparent returns or sets the background transparency mode. It has a Boolean value. If the value is 'True', the background color opacity is set to zero. If the value is 'False', the background color opacity is greater than zero.

Syntax

object.Transparent

object. Transparent = Transparent

Parameter	Type	Description
Transparent	Boolean	required

Remarks

Setting this property to True is the same as setting the BackColorRGBA Opacity to zero.

Returns False if the BackColorRGBA Opacity is greater than zero.

Example 1

This example demonstrates how to return whether or not the background of a fill is transparent.

Debug.Print FillFormat.Transparent

Example 2

This example demonstrates how to set the background of a fill to be transparent.

FillFormat.Transparent = True

Used by: FillFormat object