Don't know if this help, but here in the download section it's a file called little Right corner, wich draws 3 points at the window in the embossed way you want. Take a look at it, it's doing it with API I think..

Luis
>I noticed a few days ago that the login area on the UT has embossed lettering and a color gradient "affect" in the "shapes" that surround the log in text boxes.
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>The version of lavasoft's Ad-aware that I use also has a similar "affect" (or is it effect, Dragon?:-)
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>Is there a method to achieve something similar in VFP outside of an "image"?
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>Thanks