Your code should work, you must have some other code which stops your code from working.

>how to change to commandbutton color by coding?
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>I use:
>(change the commandbutton color to yellow)
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>	thisform.a02.BackColor=65535
>	thisform.a02.Refresh 
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>but it doesn't work.
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>thanks for the help
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>regards,
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>Jerry