>I'm trying to style my app in a darker UI theme that seems to be very popular these days, but some of the native VFP objects seem to have that battlesip grey frame around them that gets in the way. (See attached screenshot).
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>How can I make the toolbar border go away or any other trick to make it look better in what I am trying to do?
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>Also notice the corners on the page tabs how they are square corners with battleship grey corners.

For the Tabs part you could maybe DIY or use something like these?

http://weblogs.foxite.com/bernardbout/archive/2006/06/07/1704.aspx

For the Toolbar, unfortunately that is how the VFP toolbars look. Better if you DIY here with a transparent container and a Rounded Rectangle Shape with buttons inserted. Or you can even insert these objects in a form, make it dockable, make it completely transparent (needs top level) etc. Just limited to your imagination. Just remember that if you use a form, the Deactivate/Activate of your other forms will fire but you can manage that as well using BindEvents to the win messages.

Do you really need a toolbar control? Will your users ever un-dock it? If not then don't use the toolbar.

PM me if you want more ideas.

Bernard