What about the people who can only use the Win32MaxGUI module
Ahhh, now that is a different issue. The short story is that it took absolutely ages to get MaxGUI.Win32MaxGUIEx to handle this kind of thing properly, as most Windows controls are not transparent as standard. The most stable way to achieve the effect is to use some of the new theme API functions that first shipped with Windows XP (such as DrawThemeParentBackground()), and as such I can't really add it to the old legacy driver designed for people who need it to run on Windows 9X.
I consider this less of a problem more recently though, as it is now possible to run MaxGUI.Win32MaxGUIEx on Windows 9X/Me, so long as you add...
Import "-lunicows"...before the MaxGUI.Drivers import.
Ked, is there a specific reason why you are using the old driver as opposed to the brand new (and more stable) one?