>Hi Ed,
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>>>I agree wholeheartedly. Let the interface documents tell me I shouldn't, but don't let the developer tool tell me I can't.
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>>It doesn't. The native VFP command button doesn't let you do this. Fine. In any other language in VS, if you want a capability not found in a native control, you find/buy/build one with the behavior you want. Ranting that a native control doesn't do all things for all people at all times is at best showing Pompous complainers truly fall short of the smarts most amateur VB coders have - they don't insist on using a hammer when a screwdriver is called for.
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>You calling me Pompous? You saying I'm short on smarts? You coming back to Georgia anytime soon so I can whup you? (Just kidding of course).
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Pompous? No. Short on smarts? No. Coming back to the Atlanta area in the near future? Good chance! I'll make sure I'm adequately premedicated.

Incredibly short sighted here and stubborn? You betcha!

Even briliiant, humble residents of one of the nicest cities I've ever visited seem to have missed the forest for the trees. Bitch, moan, gripe, complain, send hatemail to the VFP development team and let them know it's an issue. But in literally dozens of messages, no one, including self-impressed, dain-bramaged residents of New England failed to offer a simple solution: use another control!

A quick run out to activex.com found over 100 button-related controls with a very wide range of behaviors...it took all of 3 minutes at most. Odds are that one of the free ones will do the job, or for a whole lot less money than was spent groaning how we're unloved by MS, buy a shareware or commercial control.
It'd be great if next go round we could change the color. But we use a tool designed with COM and ActiveX options, and we totally overlooked this ability. My God, ActiveX is the VFP community's red-headed stepchild!

>Your argument seems to be that we should not ask for any more features, since we can just find/buy/build whatever we need. I guess VFP6 might as well be the last version, right?

Asking for new features is OK, but perhaps using what we can while waiting for the electrician (or someone like him...)